Tito 2

Sound Teaching and Christian Living

1 But you are to proclaim things consistent with sound teaching.  * 2:1 Ti 1:92 Older men  * 2:2 1Tm 5:1 are to be self-controlled, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love,  * 2:2 1Co 13:1; 1Jn 4:16 and endurance. 3 In the same way, older women  * 2:3 1Tm 5:2 are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good, 4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission  * 2:5 Lk 10:17; Eph 5:22 to their husbands, so that God’s word  * 2:5 Lk 8:21; 2Tm 2:15; Heb 4:12 will not be slandered.

6 In the same way, encourage the young men  * 2:6 1Tm 5:1; 1Pt 5:5; 1Jn 2:13–14 to be self-controlled 7 in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity  * 2:7 Other mss add and incorruptibility in your teaching. 8 Your message is to be sound beyond reproach,  * 2:8 1Tm 2:2 so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.

9 Slaves are to submit to their masters  * 2:9 Eph 6:5–9; Col 3:22; 1Tm 6:1; 1Pt 2:18; Jd 4 in everything, and to be well-pleasing,  * 2:9 Heb 13:21 not talking back 10 or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior  * 2:10 1Tm 1:1; 2:3; Ti 1:3; 3:4; Jd 25 in everything.

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation  * 2:11 Or appeared with saving power for all people,  * 2:11 Ac 1:8; Rm 10:14; 2Co 5:18–21; 1Tm 2:4; 4:10; 2Pt 3:912 instructing us to deny godlessness  * 2:12 Jd 18 and worldly lusts  * 2:12 2Tm 4:10; 2Pt 1:4; 2:10 and to live in a sensible, righteous,  * 2:12 Lk 23:41; 1Co 15:34; 1Th 2:10; 1Pt 2:24 and godly  * 2:12 2Tm 3:12 way in the present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope,  * 2:13 Ac 23:6; 1Th 1:3 the appearing of the glory  * 2:13 Lk 9:32; Jn 17:1,24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He gave himself for us  * 2:14 Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45; Rm 8:32; Gl 1:4; 2:20; Eph 5:2,25; 1Tm 2:6 to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession,  * 2:14 Ex 19:5; Lk 1:68 eager to do good works.

15 Proclaim these things; encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard  * 2:15 Or despise you.