²² Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib^[a](A) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

²³ The man said,

²⁴ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united^(E) to his wife, and they become one flesh.^(F)

² Now the overseer is to be above reproach,^(A) faithful to his wife,^(B) temperate,^(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,^(D) able to teach,^(E)

¹² A deacon must be faithful to his wife^(A) and must manage his children and his household well.^(B)

⁹ No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,

⁶ An elder must be blameless,^(A) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe^[a] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.