Some have failed here, and have turned aside to empty argument.

in like manner also the women. I desire women to clothe themselves in suitable apparel, adorning themselves with reverence and self-restraint; not with hair plaited with gold or pearls, or with expensive clothes,

I allow no woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man; but let her keep quiet.

For physical training is of some small service, but godliness is of service in everything; since it carries with it a promise of life, both here and hereafter.

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to supplications and prayers, day and night.