That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children,
I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.
Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.
But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:
The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.