Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith; so do.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

I give thee charge in the sight of God, who maketh alive all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified a good confession;