but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.

He ought not to be a new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.

No widow is to be put on the roll who is under sixty years of age.

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.