according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been put in trust.

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having renounced, as touching the faith, have been shipwrecked:

Let no widow be put on the list under sixty years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband,

bringing attestation of her good works; that she hath well educated her children, that she hath been hospitable to strangers, that she hath washed the saints feet, that she hath assisted the afflicted, that she hath followed diligently every good work.

Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.