[Offer them] for kings and for all people in prominent [governmental] positions, so that we can live a peaceful and quiet life in all reverence [toward God] and respectability [toward people].

managing his own house well, and keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful??5 for if a man does not know how to conduct his own household, how can he look after a church of God?

(if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how can he take care of a church of God?).

They should first be tested, and afterward, if there is no fault to be found with them, they can serve as assistants.

No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

Think on these things. Devote your life to them so that everyone can see your progress.

Command these things also, so that they [i.e., the widows and their families] can live above reproach.

If a Christian woman has widowed relatives, she should help them, and let the church be free from the burden, so that it can help the widows who are really dependent.

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

In like manner also the works that are good are openly manifest; and those that are otherwise can not be hid.

For we brought nothing into the world, so neither can we carry anything out.

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.