| 1 | But you are to speak the things that befit sound doctrine. |
| 2 | Old men should be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience. |
| 3 | Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well, |
| 4 | so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children, |
| 5 | be sensible, chaste, restrained, have concern for the household, be kind, be subordinate to their husbands: so that the Word of God may be not blasphemed. |
| 6 | Exhort young men similarly, so that they may show self-restraint. |
| 7 | In all things, present yourself as an example of good works: in doctrine, with integrity, with seriousness, |
| 8 | with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us. |
| 9 | Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting, |
| 10 | not cheating, but in all things showing good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. |
| 11 | For the grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men, |
| 12 | instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age, |
| 13 | looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ. |
| 14 | He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers of good works. |
| 15 | Speak and exhort and argue these things with all authority. Let no one despise you. |
