Common English Bible CEB
New Revised Standard NRS
1 But you should talk in a way that is consistent with sound teaching.
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But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.
2 Tell the older men to be sober, dignified, sensible, and healthy in respect to their faith, love, and patience.
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Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, prudent, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
3 Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in their behavior, teaching what is good, rather than being gossips or addicted to heavy drinking.
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Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
4 That way they can mentor young women to love their husbands and children,
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so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 and to be sensible, morally pure, working at home, kind and submissive to their own husbands, so that God's word won't be ridiculed.
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to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.
6 Likewise, encourage the younger men to be sensible
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Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
7 in every way. Offer yourself as a role model of good actions. Show integrity, seriousness,
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Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,
8 and a sound message that is above criticism when you teach, so that any opponent will be ashamed because they won't find anything bad to say about us.
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and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
9 Tell slaves to submit to their own masters and please them in everything they do. They shouldn't talk back
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Tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to talk back,
10 or steal. Instead, they should show that they are completely reliable in everything so that they might make the teaching about God our savior attractive in every way.
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not to pilfer, but to show complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Savior.
11 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all,
12 It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world.
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training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,
13 At the same time we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and savior Jesus Christ.
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while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
14 He gave himself for us in order to rescue us from every kind of lawless behavior, and cleanse a special people for himself who are eager to do good actions.
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He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
15 Talk about these things. Encourage and correct with complete authority. Don't let anyone disrespect you.
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Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one look down on you.
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