Titus 2: 1 - 9, 11 - 14
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But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine.
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Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
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Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
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and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
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to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.
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Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.
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Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,
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and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
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Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to be refractory,
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For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,
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training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,
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awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
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who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
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