2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, [See ver. 1above]sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 5 to be self-controlled, 1 Pet. 3:2pure, [1 Tim. 5:14] working at home, kind, and See Gen. 3:16submissive to their own husbands, See 1 Tim. 6:1that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge 1 Tim. 5:1the younger men to be self-controlled.
12 training us to renounce ungodliness and 1 Pet. 4:2;1 John 2:16worldly passions, and 2 Tim. 3:12;[Acts 24:25] to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in 1 Tim. 6:17;2 Tim. 4:10the present age,