That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,
And the younger widows reject: for when they conduct themselves arrogantly against Christ, they wish to marry:
I wish therefore the younger to marry, to bear children, to rule the house, to give no occasion to him opposing for reproach.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
The aged women likewise, becoming holy in a serene state of mind, not accusers, not slaves to much wine, teachers of good;
Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed.