They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.

Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected--provided only that it is received thankfully;

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

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

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions,

and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, that they may gain the only true Life.