1But[G1161]speak[G2980]thou[G4771] the things which[G3739]become[G4241]sound[G5198]doctrine[G1319]:
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That the aged men[G4246]be[G1511]sober[G3524], grave[G4586], temperate[G4998], sound[G5198] in faith[G4102], in charity[G26], in patience[G5281].
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The aged women[G4247]likewise[G5615], that they be in[G1722]behaviour[G2688] as becometh holiness[G2412], not[G3361] false accusers[G1228], not[G3361]given[G1402] to much[G4183]wine[G3631], teachers of good things[G2567];
4That[G2443] they may teach[G4994] the young women[G3501] to be[G1511]sober[G4994], to love their husbands[G5362], to love their children[G5388],
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To be[G987]discreet[G4998], chaste[G53], keepers at home[G3626], good[G18], obedient[G5293] to their own[G2398]husbands[G435], that[G3363] the word[G3056] of God[G2316]be[G987]not[G3363]blasphemed[G987].
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Young men[G3501]likewise[G5615]exhort[G3870] to be sober minded[G4993].
7In[G4012] all things[G3956]shewing[G3930]thyself[G4572] a pattern[G5179] of good[G2570]works[G2041]: in[G1722]doctrine[G1319]shewing[G3930]uncorruptness[G90], gravity[G4587], sincerity[G861],
8Sound[G5199]speech[G3056], that[G2443] cannot be condemned[G176]; that[G2443] he that[G2443] is of[G1537] the contrary part[G1727] may be ashamed[G1788], having[G2192]no[G3367]evil[G5337]thing[G3367] to say[G3004]of[G4012]you[G5216].
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Exhort servants[G1401]to[G1511] be obedient[G5293] unto their own[G2398]masters[G1203], and to[G1511] please them well[G2101]in[G1722]all[G3956] things; not[G3361] answering again[G483];
10Not[G3361]purloining[G3557], but[G235]shewing[G1731]all[G3956]good[G18]fidelity[G4102]; that[G2443] they may adorn[G2885] the doctrine[G1319] of God[G2316]our[G2257]Saviour[G4990]in[G1722]all[G3956]things[G3956].
11For[G1063] the grace[G5485] of God[G2316] that bringeth salvation[G4992] hath appeared[G2014] to all[G3956]men[G444],
12Teaching[G3811]us[G2248]that[G2443], denying[G720]ungodliness[G763]and[G2532]worldly[G2886]lusts[G1939], we should live[G2198]soberly[G4996], righteously[G1346], and[G2532]godly[G2153], in[G1722] this present[G3568]world[G165];
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Looking for[G4327] that blessed[G3107]hope[G1680], and[G2532] the glorious[G1391]appearing[G2015] of the great[G3173]God[G2316]and[G2532]our[G2257]Saviour[G4990]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547];
14Who[G3739]gave[G1325]himself[G1438]for[G5228]us[G2257], that[G2443] he might redeem[G3084]us[G2248]from[G575]all[G3956]iniquity[G458], and[G2532]purify[G2511] unto himself[G1438] a peculiar[G4041]people[G2992], zealous[G2207] of good[G2570]works[G2041].
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These things[G5023]speak[G2980], and[G2532]exhort[G3870], and[G2532]rebuke[G1651]with[G3326]all[G3956]authority[G2003]. Let[G4065] no man[G3367]despise[G4065]thee[G4675].