I beg you, as I did when I was on my way into Macedonia, to remain at Ephesus; that you may instruct certain people there not to teach new and strange doctrines,

And it is because they have not aimed at these things that the attention of certain people has been diverted to unprofitable subjects.

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.

by one who recognizes that laws were not made for good men, but for the lawless and disorderly, for irreligious and wicked people, for those who are irreverent and profane, for those who ill-treat their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Hymenaeus and Alexander are instances--the men whom I delivered over to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing,

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

Adam was formed first, not Eve.

And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin.

not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;

If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?

The Presiding-Officer should not be a recent convert, that he may not be blinded by pride and fall under the same condemnation as the Devil.

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,

It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected--provided only that it is received thankfully;

Do not let any one look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the Faith.

Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the Officers of the Church were laid on your head.

Do not reprimand an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.

A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,

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.

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.

The words of Scripture are-- 'Thou shalt not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain.' and again-- 'The worker is worth his wages.'

Do not receive a charge against an Officer of the Church, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses;

Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine on account of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.

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.

Those who have Christian masters should not think less of them because they are their Brothers, but on the contrary they should serve them all the better, because those who are to benefit by their good work are dear to them as their fellow Christians. Those are the things to insist upon in your teaching.

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions,

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.