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¹ Bvt speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learnynge.² That ye elder men be sober, honest, discrete, sounde in the faith, in loue, in pacience.³ And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes, that they be no false accusers, not geuen to moch wyne, that they teach honest thinges,⁴ that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded, to loue their hussbandes, to loue their childre,⁵ to be discrete, chaste, husswyfly, good, obedient vnto their awne hussbandes, that the worde of God be not euell spoken of.⁶ Exhorte the yonge men likewyse, that they be sober mynded.⁷ Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes, with vncorrupte doctryne, with honestye, with the wholsome⁸ worde which can not be rebuked: that he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse.⁹ Exhorte the seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their masters, to please in all thinges, not answeringe agayne,¹⁰ nether to be pykers, but to shewe all good faithfulnes, that in all thinges they maye do worshippe vnto the doctryne off God oure Sauioure.

¹¹ For the grace of God that bryngeth Saluacion vnto all men, hath appeared,¹² and teacheth vs, that we shulde denye vngodlynes, and wordly lustes: and that we shulde lyue discretly, righteously, and godly in this worlde,¹³ lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of ye greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ:¹⁴ which gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, to be feruently geuen vnto good workes.

¹⁵ These thinges speake and exhorte, and rebuke with all earnest. Se that no man despyse the.