13 Remain alert. Keep standing firm in your faith. Keep on being courageous and strong.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
18 Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.
25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,
23 Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.
4 Fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
2 Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, a lover of strangers, and teachable.
3 He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or a lover of money.
4 He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.
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.
8 If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
10 While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."