Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:

If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!

Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;

And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;

Let, a widow, be put on the list - having become, not less than sixty years old, one man's, wife,

In noble works, being well-attested; - if she hath nourished children, if she hath shewn hospitality, if, saints feet, she hath washed, if, them who were in tribulation, she hath succoured, if, in every good, work she hath followed on:

But, younger widows, decline thou; for, as soon as they wax wanton against the Christ, to marry, are they determined, -

At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not,

For, already, some have turned aside after Satan:

But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: -

I am minded, therefore, that, the younger ones, marry, bear children, be mistress of the house, - giving, no single occasion, unto the opposer, as a cause, of reviling;

Having, as sentence, - that, their first faith, they have set at nought;

If any, believing woman, hath widows, let her be giving them succour, and not suffer the assembly to be burdened, - that, them who are indeed widows, it may itself succour.

Widows, honour thou - who indeed are widows: -

Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: -

I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.

Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.

But, she who is indeed a widow, and is left alone, hath turned her hope towards God, and is giving attendance unto the supplications and the prayers, night and day, -

Howbeit, if, any widow, hath, children or grandchildren, let them be learning - first, unto their own house, to be shewing reverence, and, returns, to be making unto their progenitors; for, this, is acceptable before God;

Some men's sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after;

In the same way, the noble works also, are openly evident, - and, they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.

No longer, be a water-drinker, but, of a little wine, make use, because of thy stomach and thy, frequent, sicknesses.

An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as though he were thy father, - younger men, as brothers,

For the scripture saith - A threshing ox, shalt thou not muzzle, and - Worthy, is the workman, of his hire.

Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, the mouth of two, or three, witnesses;