Titus 2
1 But as for you, you must speak in a manner that befits wholesome teaching.
But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine:
2 Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.
That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.
3 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.
The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:
4 They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,
That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6 In the same way exhort the younger men to be discreet,
Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.
7 and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,
In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,
8 and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.
The sound word that can not be blamed: that he, who is on the contrary part, may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.
9 Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering,
Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:
10 but manifesting perfect fidelity and kind feeling, in order to bring honour to the teaching of our Saviour, God, in all things.
Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things:
11 For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,
For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men;
12 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)
Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world, (aiōn g165)
13 in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
14 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.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.
15 Thus speak, exhort, reprove, with all impressiveness. Let no one make light of your authority.
These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
