They want to be Teachers of the Law, and yet do not understand either the words they use, or the subjects on which they speak so confidently.

I do not consent to a woman's becoming a teacher, or exercising authority over a man; she ought to be silent.

He should also be well spoken of by outsiders, that he may not incur censure and so fall into the snares of the Devil.

So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,

I am writing this to you, though I hope that I shall come to see you before long;

who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These men's consciences are seared,

for it is consecrated by God's blessing and by prayer.

Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to every one.

Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean Salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.

but, if a widow has children or grand-children, let them learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God's sight.

and so they bring condemnation upon themselves for having broken their previous promise.

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

Any Christian woman, who has relations who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the Church, so that the Church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.

but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.

All who are in the position of slaves should regard their masters as deserving of the greatest respect, so that the Name of God, and our Teaching, may not be maligned.

So, with food and shelter, we will be content.

who alone is possessed of immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or ever can see--to whom be ascribed honour and power for ever. Amen.

Urge upon those who are wealthy in this life not to pride themselves, or fix their hopes, on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but on God, who gives us a wealth of enjoyment on every side.