1. Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers,
2. the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
3. Honor widows who are widows indeed;
4. but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
5. Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.
6. But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.