¹ But do thou speak the things which become sound teaching;

² that aged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

³ that aged women likewise be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

⁴ that they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁵ to be discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

⁶ The younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded;

⁷ in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in teaching showing uncorruptness, gravity,

⁸ sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is opposed to us may be put to shame, having no evil thing to say of us.

⁹ Exhort bond-servants to be in subjection to their own masters, in all things to be well-pleasing to them,

¹⁰ not contradicting, not purloining, but showing all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of God our Saviour in all things.

¹¹ For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation to all men, was manifested,

¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people to be his own, zealous in good works.

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.