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27 lines
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Sound Teaching and Christian Living
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# Chapter 2
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1. But you are to proclaim things consistent with sound teaching.
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2. Older men are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.
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3. In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,
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4. so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,
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5. to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God's word will not be slandered.
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6. In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled
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7. in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.
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8. Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn't have anything bad to say about us.
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9. Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back
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10. or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.
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11. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
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12. instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,
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13. while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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14. He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
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15. Proclaim these things; encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
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