In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.

to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

in doctrine, uncorruptness, seriousness, Sound speech that cannot be reproved;

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

but manifesting perfect fidelity and kind feeling, in order to bring honour to the teaching of our Saviour, God, in all things.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

Remind believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do any honorable kind of work.

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

You may be sure that a man of that kind is corrupt and sinful, for his own actions condemn him.