I beg you, as I did when I was on my way into Macedonia, to remain at Ephesus; that you may instruct certain people there not to teach new and strange doctrines,

We know, of course, that the Law is excellent, when used legitimately,

How true is that saying! When a man aspires to be a Presiding-Officer in the Church, he is ambitious for a noble task.

Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the Officers of the Church were laid on your head.

A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,

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,

And a great source of gain religion is, when it brings contentment with it!