⁶By^* teaching these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully. ⁷But reject those worthless myths told by elderly women^a, and train yourself for godliness. ⁸For the training of the body is somewhat^b profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it^* holds promise for the present life and for the life to come. ⁹The statement is trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance. ¹⁰For to this end we labor and suffer reproach,^c because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

¹¹Command these things and teach them. ¹²Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. ¹³Until I come, pay attention to the public reading,^d to exhortation, to teaching. ¹⁴Do not neglect the gift that is in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders. ¹⁵Practice these things. Be diligent^e in these things, in order that your progress may be evident to everyone. ¹⁶Fix your attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for by^* doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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Footnotes

*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as means
aLiterally “worthless and characteristic of an elderly woman myths”
bLiterally “for a little”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“holds”) which is understood as causal
cSome manuscripts have “and strive”
dMany English translations supply “of scripture” here to clarify what is to be read aloud
eLiterally “be in these things,” though most English versions supply a predicate here
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing”) which is understood as means