¹But you say what befits sound doctrine, ²that elderly men be sober, solemn, temperate, sound in the faith, in love, in patience. ³Elderly women should likewise be reverent in comportment, not slanderous, not addicted to much wine, teachers of what is decent, ⁴so that they impart to young women a temperate way in which to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵to be temperate, pure, keepers of the home, good, subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God is not ill-spoken of. ⁶Likewise, exhort younger men to be temperate, ⁷in all respects showing yourself a model of good works, showing integrity in teaching, solemnity, incorruptibility, ⁸sound speech, being incontrovertible, in order that whoever is opposed might be ashamed, having nothing base to say about us. ⁹Exhort servants to be subject to their own masters, to be pleasing in every way, not answering back, ¹⁰not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they may adorn the teaching of God our saviour in all things. ¹¹For the grace of God has come into view, which brings salvation to all men, ¹²teaching us that having denied ungodliness and worldly desires we should live temperately and righteously and in a godly way in this present age, ¹³awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and saviour of ours, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴who gave himself on behalf of us in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and that he might purify for himself a special people, zealous of good works. ¹⁵Speak these things, and exhort and censure with all authority. Let no-one be presumptuous about you.