so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children,
But exclude younger widows, for when their sensuality estranges them from Christ, they want to marry
So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity. Rules for Widows.
Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good,
to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.