2 Therefore an ^doverseer¹ must be above reproach, ^ethe husband of one wife,² sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

12 Let deacons each be ^mthe husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

9 Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been ^mthe wife of one husband,¹