so that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and you may stand by her in whatever thing she may need from you; for indeed she has proved to be a helper of many and of myself also.

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

Likewise also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and discretion, not with braids or gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

but which is fitting for women professing godliness, by means of good works.

Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Now she who is really a widow and having been left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

And these things command, so that they may be blameless.

Let a widow be enrolled having become not less than sixty years, [the] wife of one man,

Of whom let it not be the outward adorning of braiding of hair, and wearing of gold, or of putting on of [fine] clothes,

For thus formerly, the holy women who hoped on God also adorned themselves, subjecting themselves to their own husbands,

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for money,

Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

For a bishop must be unimpeachable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

so that they may urge the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

For indeed, although you ought to be teachers by this time, again you have need [for someone] to teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

But I have [this] against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols.