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.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

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

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

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.

Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.

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

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.

Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.

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

whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.