But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:

Let the aged women likewise be in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of good;

let your message be wholesome and unobjectionable, so that our opponent may be put to shame at having nothing evil to say about us.

Let servants be subject to their own masters, in all things to be agreeable to them; not contradicting;

You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; let them be obedient, ready for every good work;

But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.

Send forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos with diligence, and let nothing be wanting to them;

And also let our men learn to be in the lead of good works for the essential needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.