"I am speaking words of sober truth. For the King, to whom I am speaking freely, knows of these matters. I am persuaded that not one of these things has escaped his notice; for these things were not done in a corner.

The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.

that the older men be self-controlled, serious and sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind and submissive to their husbands, in order that God's message be not maligned.

The younger men exhort to be sober-minded; in every respect showing yourself an example of good works.

But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.