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2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
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Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,
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Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
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Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
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to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
6 Likewise urge the young men to be sensible;
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Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.
7 in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified,
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In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness
8 sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
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and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
9 Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
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Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,
10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.
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and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
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For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
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It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
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