13. And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14. I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.
15. For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16. If any of the faithful have widows, let him minister to them, and let not the church be charged: that there may be sufficient for them that are widows indeed.
17. Let the priests that rule well, be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine: