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.