| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine. | 1But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching. |
| 2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. | 2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. |
| 3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. | 3Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. |
| 4In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, | 4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, |
| 5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. | 5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited. |
| 6In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. | 6Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled, |
| 7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, | 7showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, |
| 8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us. | 8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us. |
| 9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, | 9Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back, |
| 10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior. | 10not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything. |
| 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. | 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. |
| 12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, | 12It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, |
| 13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. | 13as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. |
| 14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. | 14He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good. |
| 15Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. | 15So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don't let anyone look down on you. |
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