9Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.
10And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
11Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
12Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
13For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;
15But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
