9. having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
10. and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
11. Women--in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
12. Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
13. for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14. These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
15. and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,
16. and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!