⁶but ishe who is self-indulgent is jdead even while she lives. ⁷kCommand these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. ⁸But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for lmembers of his household, he has mdenied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been nthe wife of one husband,1 ¹⁰and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has nshown hospitality, ohas washed the feet of the saints, has pcared for the afflicted, and has qdevoted herself to every good work.

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