Men and Women in the Church

I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);

but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Treatment of Church Members

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

If any believing man or woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are really widows.