As I begged you when I was setting out for Macedonia, stay where you are at Ephesus, and instruct certain individuals there not to be teaching heterodoxy,

but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreligious and sinful, for the godless and profane, for parricides and murderers,

Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given over to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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,

And it was not Adam who was deceived; but it was the woman who was thoroughly deceived, and who became involved in transgression.

For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?

He must not be a recent convert, lest he be blinded with pride, and incur the doom of the devil.

Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,

Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

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.

A widow, to be placed upon the list, must be not less than sixty years old, and one who has been the wife of but one husband.

Moreover, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and are not only idlers, but gossips also, and busybodies, repeating things they ought not.

Any believing woman, who has widowed relatives, ought to relieve them and not let the church be burdened with them; so that the church may relieve the really destitute widows.

For the Scripture says, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading out the grain, and The worker is worth his wages.

Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Do not continue to drink nothing but water, but take a little wine for your stomach's sake, and your frequent attacks of illness.

Let those who are under the yoke as slaves esteem their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teachings be not blasphemed.

Those whose masters are Christian believers must not treat them with disrespect, because they are brothers; nay, rather slave for them the better because those who get the benefit of their services are believing and beloved. Continue to teach and preach this.

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in God, who provides all things richly for our use.