Neither give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain;

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your progress may appear to all.

And these things give in a charge, that they may be blameless.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

I give you charge in the sight of God, who brings all things to life, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;