1But1161 speak2980 thou4771 the things which3739 become4241 sound5198 doctrine1319:
2That the aged men4246 be1511 sober3524, grave4586, temperate4998, sound5198 in faith4102, in charity26, in patience5281.
3The aged women4247 likewise5615, that they be in1722 behaviour2688 as becometh holiness2412, not3361 false accusers1228, not3361 given1402 to much4183 wine3631, teachers of good things2567;
4That2443 they may teach4994 the young women3501 to be1511 sober4994, to love their husbands5362, to love their children5388,
5To be discreet4998, chaste53, keepers at home3626, good18, obedient5293 to their own2398 husbands435, that3363 the word3056 of God2316 be987 not3363 blasphemed987.
6Young men3501 likewise5615 exhort3870 to be sober minded4993.
7In4012 all things3956 shewing3930 thyself4572 a pattern5179 of good2570 works2041: in1722 doctrine1319 shewing uncorruptness90, gravity4587, sincerity861,
8Sound5199 speech3056, that cannot be condemned176; that2443 he that is of1537 the contrary part1727 may be ashamed1788, having2192 no3367 evil5337 thing3367 to say3004 of4012 you5216.
9Exhort servants1401 to be obedient5293 unto their own2398 masters1203, and to1511 please them well2101 in1722 all3956 things; not3361 answering again483;
10Not3361 purloining3557, but235 shewing1731 all3956 good18 fidelity4102; that2443 they may adorn2885 the doctrine1319 of God2316 our2257 Saviour4990 in1722 all things3956.
11For1063 the grace5485 of God2316 that bringeth salvation4992 hath appeared2014 to all3956 men444,
12Teaching3811 us2248 that2443, denying720 ungodliness763 and2532 worldly2886 lusts1939, we should live2198 soberly4996,2532 righteously1346, and2532 godly2153, in1722 this present3568 world165;
13Looking for4327 that blessed3107 hope1680, and2532 the glorious1391 appearing2015 of the great3173 God2316 and2532 our2257 Saviour4990 Jesus2424 Christ5547;
14Who3739 gave1325 himself1438 for5228 us2257, that2443 he might redeem3084 us2248 from575 all3956 iniquity458, and2532 purify2511 unto himself1438 a peculiar4041 people2992, zealous2207 of good2570 works2041.
15These things5023 speak2980, and2532 exhort3870, and2532 rebuke1651 with3326 all3956 authority2003. Let4065 no man3367 despise4065 thee4675.