that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,

The husband

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.

Let a widow be put on the list when not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one husband,

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm to the end.

Vigilant

But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour;

Given

Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.

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

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Be hospitable to one another without grudging.

Apt

and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,

General references

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