Titus 2

New Matthew Bible

He tells Titus how he should teach all degrees of persons to conduct themselves.

2 But you, teach the things that are appropriate to wholesome doctrine: ² that the elder men should be sober, grave, discreet; sound in the faith, in love and in patience. ³ And the elder women likewise: that they should be attired as becomes holiness, and not be false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of good things, ⁴ to make the young women sober-minded, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be discreet, chaste, housewifely, good, and obedient to their own husbands, so that the word of God is not ill-spoken of. ⁶ Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded.

⁷ Above all things, show yourself an example of good works, with uncorrupt doctrine, with gravity, ⁸ and with the wholesome word that cannot be rebuked, so that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having nothing in you that he may fault.

⁹ Exhort the servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please in all things – not answering back, ¹⁰ not stealing, but showing all good faithfulness, so that they do honour to the doctrine of our Saviour God in all things. ¹¹ For the grace of God that brings salvation to all men has appeared, ¹² and teaches us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober-minded, righteously, and godly in this present world, ¹³ looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to make clean for himself an special people, fervently given to good works.

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort. And rebuke with all authority. See that no one disrespects you.