But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

to 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.

He 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.

But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching.

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.