Titus 2
2
Promote Right Teaching
1As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. 2Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience.
3Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers.#2:3 Greek be enslaved to much wine. Instead, they should teach others what is good. 4These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, 5to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes,#2:5 Some manuscripts read to care for their homes. to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.
6In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely. 7And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. 8Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.
9Slaves must always obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back 10or steal, but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.
11For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 12And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, 13while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. 14He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
15You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say.
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Titus 2
2
Sound Instruction and Consistent Behavior
1 But you, speak the things which are fitting for sound instruction. 2Older men are to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. 3Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, 4in order that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, 5to be self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered. 6Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled, 7concerning everything showing yourself to be an example of good deeds, in your teaching demonstrating soundness, dignity, 8a sound message beyond reproach, in order that an opponent#Literally “one from the opposed” may be put to shame, because he#*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has”) which is understood as causal has nothing bad to say concerning us.
9Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back, 10not stealing, but demonstrating all good faith, in order that they may do credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything. 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, 12training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age, 13looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds. 15Speak these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
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