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Can χήρα (widow) in 1 Tim. 5 mean "never-married"?
Ἄγαμος (unmarried) appears only in 1 Corinthians 7. The unmarried are grouped with widows:
1 Cor. 7:8But I say to the unmarried (αγάμοις, non nuptis) and to the widows (χήραις, viduis): It is good ...
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How to understand 1 Timothy 2:9 in light of 1 Corinthians 11:15?
1 Timothy 2:9 NIV
9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety,
adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or
pearls or expensive clothes,
But in the letter ...
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