⁹ Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been ^(A)the wife of one husband,^{[a] 10} and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has ^(B)shown hospitality, ^(C)has washed the feet of the saints, has ^(D)cared for the afflicted, and has ^(E)devoted herself to every good work. ¹¹ But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when ^(F)their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry ¹² and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith. ¹³ Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also ^(G)gossips and ^(H)busybodies, saying what they should not. ¹⁴ So I would have ^(I)younger widows marry, bear children, ^(J)manage their households, and ^(K)give the adversary no occasion for slander. ^15 (L)For some have already strayed after Satan. ¹⁶ If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those ^(M)who are truly widows.

³⁶ And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! ^(A)What prevents me from being baptized?”^{[a] 38} And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. ³⁹ And when they came up out of the water, ^(B)the Spirit of the Lord ^(C)carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.

¹¹ Let a woman learn quietly ^(A)with all submissiveness. ^12 (B)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

⁷ Moreover, he must be well thought of by ^(A)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into ^(B)a snare of the devil.

⁴ He must manage his own household well, with all dignity ^(A)keeping his children submissive,

¹² Let deacons each be ^(A)the husband of one wife, ^(B)managing their children and their own households well.

² Therefore ^(A)an overseer^[a] must be above reproach, ^(B)the husband of one wife,^{[b] (C)}sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, ^(D)hospitable, ^(E)able to teach,

^11 (A)Their wives likewise^[a] must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, ^(B)faithful in all things.