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Titus 2 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | But you are to proclaim things consistent with sound teaching. | But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. | You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. | |
| 2 | Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance. | Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. | Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. | |
| 3 | In 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, | Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, | Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. | |
| 4 | so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, | and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, | Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, | |
| 5 | to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered. | to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. | to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. | |
| 6 | In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled | Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. | Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. | |
| 7 | in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching. | Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, | In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness | |
| 8 | Your 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. | and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. | and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. | |
| 9 | Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back | Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, | Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, | |
| 10 | or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything. | not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. | and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. | |
| 11 | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, | For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. | |
| 12 | instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, | training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, | It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, | |
| 13 | while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. | waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, | while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, | |
| 14 | He 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. | who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. | who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. | |
| 15 | Proclaim these things; encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. | Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. | These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. | |
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