[5:10]well reputed for good works, if she has brought up
children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the
saints' feet, if she has relieved the distressed, if she has pursued
every good work. [5:11]But reject the younger widows; for when they
fall into pleasure to the neglect of Christ, they wish to marry,
[5:12]being condemned because they have rejected the first faith;
[5:13]and at the same time also, being idle, they learn to go from
house to house, and not only are they idle, they are also tattlers and
mischief makers, saying what they ought not. [5:14]I wish therefore the
younger women to marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion of
reproach to the enemy; [5:15]for some have already turned back after
Satan. [5:16]If any faithful man or faithful woman has widows, let
them give them relief, and let not the church be burdened, that it may
be able to relieve those really widows.

9 [5:17]Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double
compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
[5:18]For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that
threshes; and, The laborer is worthy of his reward. [5:19]Against an
elder receive not an accusation, except by two or three witnesses.
[5:20]Those that sin, rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

10 [5:21]I charge you before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect
angels, that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing
from partiality. [5:22] Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither partake
of others' sins. Keep yourself pure. [5:23]Drink no longer water, but
use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent
infirmities. [5:24]The sins of some men are manifest, going before to
judgment; but some they follow; [5:25]in like manner also good works
are manifest, and those which are otherwise cannot be hid.

11 [6:1]Let as many servants as are under the yoke account their
masters worthy of all honor, that the name and doctrine of God may not
be blasphemed. [6:2]And let those who have believing masters not
despise them, because they are brothers, but rather serve, because they
are believers and beloved, who partake of the benefit.

12 These things teach and exhort. [6:3]If any one teaches differently,
and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the doctrine which is according to piety, [6:4]he is blinded and
knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of