Instruction for various kinds of people
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📚✭But as for you, speak the things that are appropriate to sound doctrine: 2 📚✭that the older men be sober, honourable, able to think soundly, sound in faith, in love✭, in patient endurance✭. 3 📚Teach the older women also to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, but teachers✭ of good things✭, 4 📚so that they can teach the young women to think soundly, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 📚to be discreet, pure, homemakers, good, and obedient to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be blasphemed✭.6 📚Likewise exhort the young men to think soundly✭. 7 📚✭In all things make yourself an example in good works. In doctrine show integrity, seriousness, sincerity, 8 📚and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that your opponents may be ashamed✭, having nothing bad to say about you.
9 📚Instruct slaves to obey their own masters and to please them well in everything, not to talk back, 10 📚not to steal, but to show complete trustworthiness✭, so that they may adorn the teaching✭ of God our Saviour in every way.
What God’s grace teaches
11 📚For the grace✭ of God that brings salvation✭ has appeared for all men✭, 12 📚✭and teaches us to reject ungodliness and worldly desires✭, and to live soberly✭, righteously and godly in this present world, 13 📚as we look for the blessed hope✭ and the glorious appearing✭ of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ✭, 14 📚who gave himself for us✭ that he might redeem✭ us from all wickedness✭ and purify✭ for himself✭ a special people, eager to do good deeds✭.
15 📚Speak these things✭, and exhort and rebuke with all authority✭. Do not let anyone despise you.