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Originally Posted by Chan
I disagree with both views. I believe that it refers to those for whom the Church took on responsibility. Widows that didn't have family to support them were essentially the same as a homeless person. In a practice that started in the Jerusalem church, the churches began taking care of these widows. THIS, and only THIS is what is meant by "enrolled" in the passage you quoted earlier. Paul was setting forth the qualifications for being counted among the widows the church would take care of - it was essentially like having to meet certain qualifications for a welfare program.
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If you keep reading brother that was one of the other theories I gave. Either way Paul is not forbidding marriage
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