1 After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The twelve were with him,
2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.
3 Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.
4 They should encourage the younger women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,
5 sensible, pure, managers of their households, and kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands, lest the word of God be discredited.
11 Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.
1 In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives
7 In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate vessel. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.