To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the one God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

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,

but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

I do not allow women to teach or to domineer over men; they must keep quiet.

and it was not Adam who was deceived, it was the woman who was deluded and fell into sin.

older women like mothers, younger ones like sisters, with absolute purity.

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.

Do not put young women on the list of widows, for when their youthful vigor comes between them and Christ, they want to marry,

So I would have young women marry and have children and keep house and avoid giving our opponents any excuse for abusing us.

Any Christian woman who has widowed relatives should look after them, and relieve the church, so that it can look after widows who are really dependent.

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.