Titus 2

Sound Teaching and Christian Living

¹But you are to proclaim things consistent with sound teaching.²³Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.⁴⁵In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,⁶⁷so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,⁸⁹to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.¹⁰

¹¹In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled¹²¹³in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.¹⁴¹⁵Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.¹⁶

¹⁷Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back¹⁸¹⁹or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.²⁰

²¹For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,²²²³instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,²⁴²⁵while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.²⁶²⁷He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.²⁸

²⁹Proclaim these things; encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.³⁰