And he must be hospitable [to believers, as well as strangers], a lover of what is good, sensible (upright), fair, devout, self-disciplined [above reproach—whether in public or in private].

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

Exhort aged men to be temperate, grave, sober-minded, robust in their faith, their love and their patience.

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

to be serious-minded, pure, homemakers, good, submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

and teacheth us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously, and godly in this present world,

to stop abusing anyone, to be peaceable, fair-minded, showing perfect gentleness to everybody.

Faithful, the saying! And, concerning these things, I am minded that thou be strongly affirming, in order that they who have believed God may be careful to be forward, in noble works. These things, are honourable, and profitable unto men;