2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with 1 sound teaching. 2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, 2 sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. 3 2:3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
1 tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).
2 tn Or “sensible.”
3 sn Temperate…in endurance. See the same cluster of virtues in 1 Thess 1:3 and 1 Cor 13:13.