Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
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Gill's Exposition
Let not a widow be taken into the number,.... That is, of widows, to be maintained by the church; though some choose to understand these words of the number of such who were made deaconesses, and had…
Barnes' Notes
Let not a widow be taken into the number - Margin, “chosen.” The margin expresses the sense of the Greek more accurately, but the meaning is not materially different. Paul does not here specify into…
Adam Clarke
Taken into the number - Let her not be taken into the list of those for which the Church must provide. But some think that the apostle means the list of those who were deaconesses in the Church; and…
Directions are here given concerning the taking of widows into the number of those who were employed by the church and had maintenance from the church: Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour…
Cambridge Bible
More definite direction is now given as to the honour and the qualification, Let not a widow be taken into the number. The position of the word -widow" at the beginning of the sentence makes it…
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