From Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the appointment of God, our Savior, and Christ Jesus, our Hope.

The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

and the loving-kindness of our Lord was boundless, and filled me with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

Love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the Faith, and have been pierced to the heart by many a regret.

I urge you to keep his Command free from stain or reproach, until the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.