that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

The husband

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

Vigilant

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

Given

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

Apt

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

General references

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