Verse 2
2. Mothers So that all these successive terms of relation render the Church a holy family.
All purity A caution of momentous importance to all young ministers. Toward these sisters of his own age an avoidance of coquetries, familiar freedoms, is due to his own position as a minister. Sad experiences have shown the folly and guilt of neglecting here a safe reserve.
The widows first awakened the Jerusalem Church to the need of sub-apostolic organization, (Acts 6:1-6,) and called the deacons into existence. In an age when men are called to war and subjected to massacre, the widows would form a large and dependent class, and the number of claimants would require their subjection to scrutiny and sifting.
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