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}

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

The aged women likewise, that {they be} in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; {holiness: or, holy women} {false...: or, one who foments strife}

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think {of himself} more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. {soberly: Gr. to sobriety}

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: {but} he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. {neither...: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him}

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that {it} should be published according to the language of every people. {that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}