desiring to be teachers of law, though under standing neither what they say nor of what they boldly affirm.

Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity [keeping them respectful and well-behaved]

He ought not to be a new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.

let them be first examin'd, and if they are without reproach, let them enter upon their office.

Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."

Any one who fails to provide for his own relations, and especially for those under his own roof, has disowned the Faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

for which they are much to be condemn'd, because they violate the engagements they had before enter'd into:

Against an elder receive none accusation: but under two or three witnesses.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

For love of money is the root of all the evils, and in their eagerness to get rich, some men wander away from the faith and pierce themselves to the heart with many a pang.

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.

I give thee charge in the sight of God, which quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ, which under Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessing,