And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospita
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accus
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.