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¹ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine, That the aged men be vigilant,² serious, prudent, sound in faith, love, patience:³ That the aged women in like manner, be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things:⁴ That they instruct the young women to be wise, to love their husbands,⁵ to love their chidren, Discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.⁶ The young men likewise exhort to be discreet, In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works,⁷ in doctrine, uncorruptness, seriousness, Sound speech that cannot be reproved;⁸ that he who is on the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, to please them in all things,¹⁰ not answering again, Not stealing, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the gospel of God our Saviour.

¹¹ For the saving grace of God hath appeared to all men,¹² Teaching us, that, having renounced ungodliness and all wordly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world,¹³ Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ.¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority: let no man despise thee.