Titus
Chapter 2
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But do thou speak what befits the sound doctrine:
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that elderly men be reserved, honorable, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience;
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that elderly women, in like manner, be marked by holiness of behavior, not slanderers, nor enslaved to much wine; teaching what is right,
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that they may train the younger woman to be wise, to love their husbands and their children,
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to be discreet, chaste, domestic, gentle, obedient to their husbands, so that the word of God be not reviled.
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Exhort the younger men, in like manner, to be self-controlled.
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Show thyself in all things an example of good works, in teaching, in integrity and dignity;
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let thy speech be sound and blameless, so that anyone opposing may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say of us.
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Exhort slaves to obey their masters, pleasing them in all things and not opposing them;
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not pilfering, but showing faithfulness in all things, so as to adorn in all things the teaching of God our Savior. Changed Life
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For the grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men,
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instructing us, in order that, rejecting ungodliness and worldly lusts, we may live temperately and justly and piously in this world;
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looking for the blessed hope and glorious coming of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
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who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuing good works.
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Thus speak, and exhort, and rebuke, with all authority. Let no one despise thee.