12 Deacons must have only one wife and be good leaders of their children and their own families.
13 Those who serve well as deacons are making an honorable place for themselves, and they will be very bold in their faith in Christ Jesus.
14 Although I hope I can come to you soon, I am writing these things to you now.
15 Then, even if I am delayed, you will know how to live in the family of God. That family is the church of the living God, the support and foundation of the truth.
16 Without doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:He was shown to us in a human body,proved right in spirit,and seen by angels.He was proclaimed to the nations,believed in by the world,and taken up in glory.