for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity.

so that if I am delayed, you may know how we are to conduct ourselves in the household of God, for it is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Cultivate these things, devote yourself to them, so that everyone will see your progress.

Insist upon these points, so that people may be irreproachable.

and have a good reputation for Christian service, such as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any form of doing good.

So I would have young women marry and have children and keep house and avoid giving our opponents any excuse for abusing us.

Any Christian woman who has widowed relatives should look after them, and relieve the church, so that it can look after widows who are really dependent.

Some men's sins are perfectly evident, and lead them right on to judgment, but there are others whose sins only dog their steps.

All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

storing up a valuable treasure for themselves for the future, so as to grasp the life that is life indeed.