Titus 2:1–14

Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel

2You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.^{p 2}Teach the older men^q to be temperate,^r worthy of respect, self-controlled,^s and sound in faith,^t in love and in endurance.

³Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers^u or addicted to much wine,^v but to teach what is good. ⁴Then they can urge the younger women^w to love their husbands and children, ⁵to be self-controlled^x and pure, to be busy at home,^y to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,^z so that no one will malign the word of God.^a

⁶Similarly, encourage the young men^b to be self-controlled.^{c 7}In everything set them an example^d by doing what is good.^e In your teaching show integrity, seriousness ⁸and 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.^f

⁹Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything,^g to try to please them, not to talk back to them, ¹⁰and 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^h attractive.ⁱ

¹¹For the grace^j of God has appeared^k that offers salvation to all people.^{l 12}It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,^m and to live self-controlled,ⁿ upright and godly lives^o in this present age, ¹³while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing^p of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,^{q 14}who gave himself for us^r to redeem us from all wickedness^s and to purify^t for himself a people that are his very own,^u eager to do what is good.^v