For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,

You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just for the sake of making money.

and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.

In the same way exhort aged women to let their conduct be such as becomes consecrated persons. They must not be slanderers nor enslaved to wine-drinking. They must be teachers of what is right.

industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.

Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering,

not speak evil of any one, nor be contentious, but yield unselfishly to others and constantly manifest a forgiving spirit towards all men.

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

This is a faithful saying, and on these various points I would have you insist strenuously, in order that those who have their faith fixed on God may be careful to set an example of good actions. For these are not only good in themselves, but are also useful to mankind.

After a first and second admonition, have nothing further to do with any one who will not be taught;

And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives.