for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

holding -- according to the teaching -- to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

And thou -- be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

sober, pure, keepers of their own houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

Servants -- to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

(not by works that are in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

Stedfast is the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for there to winter I have determined.

Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,

and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.