![]() ![]() 1 It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.Ģ Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and perseverance.ģ Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious people, with no scandal-mongering and no addiction to wine - they must be the teachers of right behaviourĤ and show younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children,ĥ how they must be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and obey their husbands, so that the message of God is not disgraced.Ħ Similarly, urge younger men to be moderate in everything that they do,ħ and you yourself set an example of good works, by sincerity and earnestness, when you are teaching, and by a message sound and irreproachableĨ so that any opponent will be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us.ġ1 You see, God's grace has been revealed to save the whole human race ġ2 it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true religion and all our worldly passions we must be self-restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world,ġ3 waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus.ġ4 He offered himself for us in order to ransom us from all our faults and to purify a people to be his very own and eager to do good. ![]()
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