“If the emperor visits her imperial majesty, or she him, then should ye also be most circumspect in eye and demeanour, and in all your words. Let her mark your mastery of yourselves and your modesty; and let her followers and attendants mark your demeanour; let them mark it and admire it, and by reason thereof praise J…”
Theonas of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Epistle of Theonas, Bishop of Alexandria, to Lucianus, the Chief Chamberlain
Original
2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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In context
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
— 1 Timothy 5:2 —
3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.