Welcome her as a Christian, as God's people should welcome one another, and give her whatever help she may need from you. For she has herself been a protection to many, including myself.

But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.

Women for their part are to dress modestly and sensibly in proper clothes, not adorning themselves by braiding their hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.

But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day.

You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress;

Holiness

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Not given

For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

Teachers

so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food.

But I hold it against you that you tolerate that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be inspired and who is misleading my slaves and teaching them to practice immorality and to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols.

General references

Stop drinking nothing but water; take a little wine for the good of your digestion and for your frequent attacks of illness.