{Let none be enrolled as a widow} (ch(8872)a katalegesth(935c)).
Present passive imperative of kataleg(935c), 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" (m(8820)elatton et(936e) hex(886b)onta gegonuia). Second perfect
active participle of ginomai. For the case of et(936e), 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} (henos andros gun(885c)). Widows on
this list must not be married a second time. This interpretation
is not so clear for 3:2,12 Tit 1:6 .
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