But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

In the same way, there are good works which are clearly seen; and those which are not so, may not be kept secret.