For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you:

namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.

On the contrary, he should be hospitable, eager for the right discreet, upright, a man of holy life and capable of self-restraint,

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

[And] this testimony is true. [So], for this reason you should rebuke them severely, so that they will be sound in the faith,

But you should speak those things which agree with sound teaching:

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

Older women, likewise, should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of what is good.

They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,

In the same way, you should exhort the younger men to be sensible.

In everything [you do], you should show that you are a [proper] example of doing good deeds. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Slaves should be in subjection to their own masters in everything. They should try hard to please them, without talking back

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

who gave Himself for us to purchase our freedom from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a people who should be specially His own, zealous for doing good works.

These are the things you should teach. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.

to speak evil of no one, that they should be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

This is a secure rule, and what I would have you constantly maintain, that they who have believed in God, should take care to be examples of virtue, for that is commendable and useful to mankind.

But you should avoid foolish arguments, and [pointless] discussions about ancestors, and quarrels and disputes about [observance of] the law of Moses, for they are unprofitable and useless.

Our own people should also learn to make good deeds a priority when urgent needs arise, so they won't be unproductive.