| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. | 1But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching. |
| 2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. | 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 behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is 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. |
| 4and so 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, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. | 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. |
| 6Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. | 6Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled, |
| 7Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and 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 sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil 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. |
| 9Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are 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 pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of 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 for all people, | 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. |
| 12training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, 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, |
| 13waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory 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. |
| 14who 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. | 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. |
| 15Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard 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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