1 Timothy 5.91 Timothy 5:9 This chapter seems to deal with three categories of widows. 1) widows (young and old) - who have families 2) widows indeed - truly destitute without anyone 3) widows enrolled - who must meet certain qualifications as given in vs. 9-10 [young widows could not be included in this group, whether they had families or were widows indeed. What did such "enrolled widows" do? Titus 2:3 From the earlies of time the church felt a keen responsibility toward widows. Acts 6:1 James makes our remember of them a matter of true religion - James 1:27