1 As for you, say what suits wholesome teaching.
2 Older men are to be sober, dignified, self-controlled, healthy in faith, in love and in patience.
3 Older women likewise are to carry themselves as is fitting for those who are holy, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,
4 so as to instruct the younger women in loving their husbands and loving their children,
5 to be sensible, chaste, keepers of their homes, good, yielding to their own husbands, so that the word of God is not spoken against.
6 Urge the younger men, too, to be of sound mind.
7 Present yourself in all respects as a model of good works; in teaching show soundness, gravity, incorruption,
8 speech that is healthy and beyond reproach, so that whoever is against you may be put to shame, with nothing evil to say about you.
9 Servants should submit to their own masters, giving full satisfaction in everything, not contradicting,
10 not keeping back anything for themselves, but proving entirely trustworthy and good, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every way.
11 For the grace of God has been made visible, with salvation for all mankind,
12 disciplining us so that, having renounced impiety and the cravings of the world, we may live soberly, justly and devoutly in the present age,
13 expecting the blessed hope and the appearing in glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
14 who gave himself on our behalf to buy us back from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are his own treasure, zealous for good works.
15 These are the things you must say; urge and correct with full authority. Do not let anyone disregard you.