As I urged you to do when I was leaving Macedonia [See Acts 20:1ff], I want you to remain in Ephesus in order to urge certain people not to teach a different [i.e., false] doctrine,

for want of which, some have lost themselves in frivolous disputes,

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and dispute.

Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,

but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God--the pillar and stay of the Truth.

But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,

Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.

If a believing woman has widows dependent on her, she should relieve their wants, and save the Church from being burdened--so that the Church may relieve the widows who are really in need.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.