A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good...: or, modest}

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. {to speak...: Gr. for their railing}

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good...: or, modest}

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

Turn again, my daughters, go {your way}; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, {if} I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; {should have...: or were with an husband}

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and {with} other my fellowlabourers, whose names {are} in the book of life.

And they shall take other stones, and put {them} in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.