in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

The husband

forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing the truth.

Let a widow not be taken into account under three score years, the wife of one husband,

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end.

Vigilant

But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:

Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:

Given

communicating to necessities of the saints; pursuing hospitality.

but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;

Forget not hospitality: for by it some having entertained angels were incognizant.

being hospitable to one another without grudging;

Apt

But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil,

General references

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses beautifully.