Titus 2

1 But do, thou, speak the things which become the healthful instruction: —

But do thou speak the things that become sound teaching;

2 That, aged men, be, sober, grave, sober-minded, healthy in their faith, love, endurance;

that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

3 Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue, —

that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

4 That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

that they may admonish the young women to be attached to [their] husbands, to be attached to [their] children,

5 soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, —that, the word of God, be not defamed;

discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

6 The younger men, in the same way, exhort thou to be sober-minded:

The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet:

7 In all things, shewing, thyself, an ensample of noble works, —in thine instruction, uncorruptness, gravity,

in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,

8 healthful discourse that cannot be condemned, in order that, he that is of the contrary part, may relent, having nothing to say concerning us that is disparaging:

a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:

9 Servants, unto their own masters, to be submitting themselves in all things, to be, well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;

10 not taking anything away, shewing, all good faith, —that, the instruction which is of our Saviour God, they may adorn in all things.

not robbing [their masters], but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which [is] of our Saviour God in all things.

11 For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth,

For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,

12 Putting us under discipline—in order that, —denying ourselves of ungodliness and worldly covetings, in a soberminded and righteous and godly manner, we should live, in the present age, (aiōn g165)

teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, (aiōn g165)

13 Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus, —

awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure—zealous of noble works.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.

15 As to these things, be speaking and exhorting and reproving, with all manner of precept: let, no one, disregard thee!

These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.