In every church service I want the men to pray, men who are dedicated to God and can lift up their hands in prayer without anger or argument.

But do not include younger widows in the list; because when their desires make them want to marry, they turn away from Christ,

Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.

Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.

But if you cannot restrain your desires, go ahead and marry---it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick, take a sack of your best flour, and bake some bread."

Then they asked him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" "She is there in the tent," he answered.

Homes are made by the wisdom of women, but are destroyed by foolishness.

She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.

He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all."

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and of our teaching.

But because you have shown such contempt for the LORD in doing this, your child will die."

Then the other supervisors and the governors tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel administered the empire, but they couldn't, because Daniel was reliable and did not do anything wrong or dishonest.

So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin.

I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.

to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so that no one will speak evil of the message that comes from God.

Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.

Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.

If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.

The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders made fun of him: "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!"

and said, "Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!"

One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong."