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13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely. 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously. 15 For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan. 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede. 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng. 18 For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne: And, the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. 19 Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sinne, rebuke before all, that other also may feare. 21 I testifie before God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe, and the elect angels, that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement, and do nothyng after parcialitie. 22 Lay handes sodenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens sinnes. Kepe thy selfe chaste. 23 Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake & thine often diseases. 24 Some mens sinnes are open beforehande, hastyng before vnto iudgement, and in some they folowe after. 25 Lykewise also, good workes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd. 1 Timothy 5:13-25, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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