doctors of the Law is what they want to be, but they have no idea either of the meaning of the words they use or of the themes on which they harp.

Now I want the men to offer prayer at any meeting of the church; and let the hands they lift to heaven be holy ??they must be free from anger and dissension.

Women in turn are to dress modestly and quietly in seemly garb; they are not to adorn themselves with plaits of hair, with gold or pearls or expensive finery,

However, women will get safely through childbirth if they continue to be faithful and loving and holy as well as unassuming.

Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;

they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience.

They too must be put on probation; after that, if they are above reproach, they can serve as deacons.

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly.

But in later days, the Spirit distinctly declares, certain people will rebel against the faith; they will listen to spirits of error and to the doctrines that daemons teach

(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

Refuse to put young widows on the list, for when their wanton desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry

Besides, they become idle unconsciously by gadding about from one house to another ??and not merely idle but gossips and busybodies, repeating things they have no right to mention.

Good works are equally conspicuous; and even when they are not, they cannot escape notice for ever.

Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach.

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.