so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,

The husband

forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Do not let a widow be enrolled having become less than sixty years old, the wife of one man,

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

Vigilant

His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sensible to prayers.

Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;

Given

distributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

but hospitable, a lover of good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

Do not be forgetful of hospitality, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Be hospitable to one another, without grudging;

Apt

But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient,

General references

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