1But speak thou the things that belong to wholesome doctrine. 2And teach the older men to be watchful in their minds, and to be sober, and to be pure, and to be sound in the faith, and in love and in patience. 3And so also the elder women, that they be in behavior as becometh the fear of God; and not to be slanderers; and not to be addicted to much wine; and to be inculcators of good things, 4making the younger women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children, 5to be chaste and holy, and to take good care of their households, and to be obedient to their husbands; so that no one may reproach the word of God. 6And likewise exhort young men to be sober. 7And in every thing show thyself a pattern, as to all good works: and in thy teaching, let thy discourse be healthful, 8such as is sober and uncorrupt; and let no one despise it: so that he who riseth up against us, may be ashamed, seeing he can say nothing odious against us. 9Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer; 10but let them manifest that their fidelity, in all respects, is good: so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Life-giver, in all things. 11For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed to all men; 12and it teacheth us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of God, 13looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah; 14who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who are zealous in good works. 15These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee.