Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain,

Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.

The sins of some men are evident to the world, leading the way to your estimate of their characters, but the sins of others lag behind.

But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.