KJV ORIGINAL
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Don't put a widow on the official support list unless she's at least 60 years old and was faithful to one husband.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The early church had real standards for who got community support — age and faithfulness mattered.
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