that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world,

The husband

forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;

Vigilant

His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:

But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;

Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

Given

distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

hospitable one to another, without murmuring;

Apt

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

General references

Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well: