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Titus 2 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | But say the things which fit sound doctrine, | But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. | You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. | |
| 2 | that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance, | 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 | and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which 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 | that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, 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 sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed. | 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 | Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded. | Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. | Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. | |
| 7 | In all things show yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility, | 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 | and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing 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 | Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting, | 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 | not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things. | 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 to all men, | 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 the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this 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 | looking for the blessed hope and 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 | who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for 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 | Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise 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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