In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

女执事也是如此：必须端庄，不说谗言，有节制，凡事忠心。

同样，女执事也必须庄重，不说闲话，有节制，凡事忠心。

同样，女执事也必须庄重，不说闲话，有节制，凡事忠心。

执事的妻子也要品行端正，不搬弄是非，为人节制，做事忠心。

照样，他们的妻子（“他们的妻子”可解作“女执事”）也要庄重，不说谗言，有节制，凡事忠心。

照样，他们的妻子也必须庄重，不恶意控告人，有节制，在一切事上都忠心。

女執事也是如此：必須端莊，不說讒言，有節制，凡事忠心。

同樣，女執事也必須莊重，不說閒話，有節制，凡事忠心。

同樣，女執事也必須莊重，不說閒話，有節制，凡事忠心。

執事的妻子也要品行端正，不搬弄是非，為人節制，做事忠心。

照樣，他們的妻子（“他們的妻子”可解作“女執事”）也要莊重，不說讒言，有節制，凡事忠心。

他們的妻子也要這樣：應當莊重，不說讒言，能戒酒，凡事可信靠。

照樣，他們的妻子也必須莊重，不惡意控告人，有節制，在一切事上都忠心。

婦女亦須莊重、勿讒謗、當有節制、凡事忠信、

會中之婦亦當嚴正、勿興謠諑、謹事而信、

其妻亦當端莊、勿讒毀、謹慎自守、凡事忠誠、

女司亦宜莊重自愛、毋道人短、溫恭和平、謹事而信。

In the same way, the women must be worthy of respect. They must not say things that harm others. In anything they do, they must not go too far. They must be worthy of trust in everything.

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

In the same way, their wives must be respected and must not slander others. They must exercise self control and be faithful in everything they do.

Wives, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

Even so[ must their] wives[ be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self- controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Then Jesus replied,“ Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

“ Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.

“‘ The woman he marries must be a virgin.He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

“‘ They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

Like a snow- cooled drink at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him; he refreshes the spirit of his master.

Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves. These are the things you are to teach and insist on.

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;

But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

The great dragon was hurled down— that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:“ Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.

They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.

You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.