¹¹ A woman^[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.^{(A) 12} I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;^[b] she must be quiet.^{(B) 13} For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^{(C) 14} And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.^{(D) 15} But women^[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love^(E) and holiness with propriety.

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3 Here is a trustworthy saying:^(F) Whoever aspires to be an overseer^(G) desires a noble task. ² Now the overseer is to be above reproach,^(H) faithful to his wife,^(I) temperate,^(J) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,^(K) able to teach,^{(L) 3} not given to drunkenness,^(M) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,^(N) not a lover of money.^{(O) 4} He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full^[d] respect.^{(P) 5} (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)^{(Q) 6} He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited^(R) and fall under the same judgment^(S) as the devil. ⁷ He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,^(T) so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.^(U)

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good^(A)

⁵ The reason I left you in Crete^(B) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint^[a] elders^(C) in every town, as I directed you. ⁶ An elder must be blameless,^(D) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe^[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. ⁷ Since an overseer^(E) manages God’s household,^(F) he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.^{(G) 8} Rather, he must be hospitable,^(H) one who loves what is good,^(I) who is self-controlled,^(J) upright, holy and disciplined. ⁹ He must hold firmly^(K) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine^(L) and refute those who oppose it.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands^(A) as you do to the Lord.^{(B) 23} For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(C) his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands^(D) in everything.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(E) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^{(F) 26} to make her holy,^(G) cleansing^[a] her by the washing^(H) with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself^(I) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^{(J) 28} In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(K) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.