Wishing to be teachers of the law; neither understanding what they say, nor of certain things they are assured.

For fornicators, unchaste, man-stealers, liars, the perjured, and if there be any other thing opposed to sound doctrine;

Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they should not be taught to blaspheme.

I Beseech therefore, first of all, supplications to be made, prayers, entreaties, thanks, for all men;

Who wills all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

And I trust not the woman to teach, neither to exercise authority over the man, but to be in freedom from care.

And she shall be saved through the bringing forth children, if they remain in faith and love and consecration with discretion.

Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction;

And let these also first be tried; then let them perform the office of footman, being blameless.

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

And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

And manifestly great is the mystery of devotion: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed in the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.

And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;

For it is consecrated by the word of God and entreaty.

These having laid down to the brethren, thou shalt be a good servant of Jesus Christ, brought up in the words of faith and good doctrine, which thou bast closely followed.

For bodily exercise is profitable, to little: but devotion is profitable to all things, having promise of life now, and that about to be.

Let none despise thy youth; but be thou a type of the faithful, in word, in intercourse, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Neglect not the power which in thee, which was given thee by the gift of prophecy, with the putting on of hands of the council of elders.

Bestow diligent care upon these things; be in them; that thy progress may be manifest in all things.

And if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious to their own house, and to return recompenses to their progenitors: for this is good and acceptable before God.

And these things proclaim, that they might be irreprehensible.

Let not a widow be chosen less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

And at the same time also they learn to be idle, going round about the houses; and not only idle, but also indulging in idle talk, and occupied with unnecessary things, speaking things not becoming.

If any man or woman faithful have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be loaded; that it may relieve the truly widows.

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine.

I call to witness before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that thou watch these things without preference, doing nothing by bending.

Likewise also the good works of some are manifest; and having these otherwise, it cannot be hid.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed.

Unprofitable occupations of men corrupted in mind, and deprived of the truth, thinking gain to be devotion: be separated from such.

And having sustenance and covering, with these let us be contented.

And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.

To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

To do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, qualified for participation;