that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

The husband

who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.

Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

For we are partakers of the Christ, if we hold our begun confidence firm to the end;

Vigilant

But the end of all things is at hand; be sober-minded, therefore, and watchful, that you may pray.

Be sober, be watchful: for your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour.

Given

administer to the necessities of the saints; be careful to entertain strangers;

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for, by this means, some have unconsciously entertained angels.

Be hospitable, one to another, without murmuring.

Apt

and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils,

General references

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.