1 Timothy 5:9
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,”1 Timothy 5:9
What Does 1 Timothy 5:9 Mean?
1 Timothy 5:9 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 5, verse 9 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 5:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Timothy 3:2“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”Romans 16:1“I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:”Ruth 1:12“Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;”Luke 2:36“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;”1 Timothy 5:3“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”1 Timothy 5:11“But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;”Leviticus 14:42“And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.”Acts 6:1“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”1 Corinthians 7:10“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”1 Corinthians 7:39“The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”Philippians 4:3“And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.”1 Timothy 3:12“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”1 Timothy 5:14“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”
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