Let the Elders who perform their duties wisely and well be held worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in preaching and teaching.

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery hold their own masters to be deserving of honour, so that the name of God and the Christian teaching may not be spoken against.

Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses.

storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.