And I ask you to give her a Christian welcome--one worthy of Christ's People--and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend to me and to many others.

As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing,

It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.

Yours should be, not the external adornment of the arrangement of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or the putting on of dresses,

Holiness

So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,

Not given

For a Presiding-Officer, as God's steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.

Teachers

that they should teach what is right, so as to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

For whereas, considering the time that has elapsed, you ought to be teaching others, you still need some one to teach you the very alphabet of the Divine Revelation, and need again to be fed with 'milk' instead of with 'solid food.'

Yet I have this against you--You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who declares that she is a Prophetess, and misleads my servants by her teaching, till they commit licentious acts and eat idol-offerings.

General references

Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine on account of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.