Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Second, she had to have been a one-man woman. The same qualification existed for elders and deacons (1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:12). Following the same interpretation given in 1 Timothy 3:2, this would mean that she was unqualified if she had been unfaithful, promiscuous, or polyandrous. Polyandrous means married to more than one man at a time, which was a rare occurrence in Paul’s culture. Remarriage after the death of her spouse would not necessarily disqualify her.