Titus 2
1 But you are to speak the things that befit sound doctrine.
But as for you, you must speak in a manner that befits wholesome teaching.
2 Old men should be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.
Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.
3 Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,
In the same way exhort aged women to let their conduct be such as becomes consecrated persons. They must not be slanderers nor enslaved to wine-drinking. They must be teachers of what is right.
4 so that they may teach prudence to the young women, so that they may love their husbands, love their children,
They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,
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.
industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.
6 Exhort young men similarly, so that they may show self-restraint.
In the same way exhort the younger men to be discreet,
7 In all things, present yourself as an example of good works: in doctrine, with integrity, with seriousness,
and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,
8 with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us.
and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.
9 Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting,
Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering,
10 not cheating, but in all things showing good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
but manifesting perfect fidelity and kind feeling, in order to bring honour to the teaching of our Saviour, God, in all things.
11 For the grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men,
For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,
12 instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age, (aiōn g165)
training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time, (aiōn g165)
13 looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.
in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour 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.
who gave Himself for us to purchase our freedom from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a people who should be specially His own, zealous for doing good works.
15 Speak and exhort and argue these things with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Thus speak, exhort, reprove, with all impressiveness. Let no one make light of your authority.
