1Ti 5:9 | RWP | e4.org | Let none be enrolled as a widow ( χηρα καταλεγεσθω ). Present passive imperative of καταλεγω , old verb, to set down in an official list, only here in N.T. "Let a widow be enrolled," the negative coming later, "having become of no less than sixty years" ( μη ελαττον ετων εξηκοντα γεγονυια ). Second perfect active participle of γινομα . For the case of ετων , see . This list of genuine widows (verses , ) apparently had some kind of church work to do (care for the sick, the orphans, etc.). The wife of one man ( ενος ανδρος γυνη ). Widows on this list must not be married a second time. This interpretation is not so clear for , ; .

‏ 1 Timothy 5:9

Let none be enrolled as a widow ( χηρα καταλεγεσθω ). Present passive imperative of καταλεγω, old verb, to set down in an official list, only here in N.T. "Let a widow be enrolled," the negative coming later, "having become of no less than sixty years" ( μη ελαττον ετων εξηκοντα γεγονυια ). Second perfect active participle of γινομα. For the case of ετων, see Lu 2:42. This list of genuine widows (verses 3, 5) apparently had some kind of church work to do (care for the sick, the orphans, etc.).

The wife of one man ( ενος ανδρος γυνη ). Widows on this list must not be married a second time. This interpretation is not so clear for 3:2, 12; Tit 1:6.