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Let none be enrolled as a widow (chēra katalegesthō). Present passive imperative of katalegō, 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” (mē elatton etōn hexēkonta gegonuia). Second perfect active participle of ginomai. For the case of etōn, see note on Luk 2:42. This list of genuine widows (1Ti 5:3, 1Ti 5:5) apparently had some kind of church work to do (care for the sick, the orphans, etc.).
The wife of one man (henos andros gunē). Widows on this list must not be married a second time. This interpretation is not so clear for 1Ti 3:2, 1Ti 3:12; Tit 1:6.