To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

But hospitable, a lover of good, of sound mind, just, holy, holding firm;

for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --

Truly to the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

The aged women likewise, becoming holy in a serene state of mind, not accusers, not slaves to much wine, teachers of good;

so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children,

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

The younger men likewise beseech to be of sound mind.

Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,