But <G1161> speak <G2980> <G5720> thou <G4771> the things which <G3739> become <G4241> <G5719> sound <G5198> <G5723> doctrine <G1319>:
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That the aged men <G4246> be <G1511> <G5750> sober <G3524>, grave <G4586>, temperate <G4998>, sound <G5198> <G5723> in faith <G4102>, in charity <G0026>, in patience <G5281>.
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The aged women <G4247> likewise <G5615>, that [they be] in <G1722> behaviour <G2688> as becometh holiness <G2412>, not <G3361> false accusers <G1228>, not <G3361> given <G1402> <G5772> to much <G4183> wine <G3631>, teachers of good things <G2567>;
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That <G2443> they may teach <G4994> <G0000> the young women <G3501> to be <G1511> <G5750> sober <G4994> <G5725>, to love their husbands <G5362>, to love their children <G5388>,
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[To be] discreet <G4998>, chaste <G0053>, keepers at home <G3626>, good <G0018>, obedient <G5293> <G5746> to their own <G2398> husbands <G0435>, that <G3363> <G0000> the word <G3056> of God <G2316> be <G0987> <G0000> not <G3363> blasphemed <G0987> <G5747>.
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Young men <G3501> likewise <G5615> exhort <G3870> <G5720> to be sober minded <G4993> <G5721>.
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In <G4012> all things <G3956> shewing <G3930> <G5734> thyself <G4572> a pattern <G5179> of good <G2570> works <G2041>: in <G1722> doctrine <G1319> [shewing] uncorruptness <G0090>, gravity <G4587>, sincerity <G0861>,
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Sound <G5199> speech <G3056>, that cannot be condemned <G0176>; that <G2443> he that is of <G1537> the contrary part <G1727> may be ashamed <G1788> <G5652>, having <G2192> <G5723> no <G3367> <G0000> evil <G5337> thing <G3367> to say <G3004> <G5721> of <G4012> you <G5216>.
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[Exhort] servants <G1401> to be obedient <G5293> <G5733> unto their own <G2398> masters <G1203>, [and] to <G1511> <G5750> please [them] well <G2101> in <G1722> all <G3956> [things]; not <G3361> answering again <G0483> <G5723>;
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Not <G3361> purloining <G3557> <G5734>, but <G0235> shewing <G1731> <G5734> all <G3956> good <G0018> fidelity <G4102>; that <G2443> they may adorn <G2885> <G5725> the doctrine <G1319> of God <G2316> our <G2257> Saviour <G4990> in <G1722> all things <G3956>.
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For <G1063> the grace <G5485> of God <G2316> that bringeth salvation <G4992> hath appeared <G2014> <G5648> to all <G3956> men <G0444>,
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Teaching <G3811> <G5723> us <G2248> that <G2443>, denying <G0720> <G5666> ungodliness <G0763> and <G2532> worldly <G2886> lusts <G1939>, we should live <G2198> <G5661> soberly <G4996>, <G2532> righteously <G1346>, and <G2532> godly <G2153>, in <G1722> this present <G3568> world <G0165>;
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Looking for <G4327> <G5740> that blessed <G3107> hope <G1680>, and <G2532> the glorious <G1391> appearing <G2015> of the great <G3173> God <G2316> and <G2532> our <G2257> Saviour <G4990> Jesus <G2424> Christ <G5547>;
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Who <G3739> gave <G1325> <G5656> himself <G1438> for <G5228> us <G2257>, that <G2443> he might redeem <G3084> <G5672> us <G2248> from <G0575> all <G3956> iniquity <G0458>, and <G2532> purify <G2511> <G5661> unto himself <G1438> a peculiar <G4041> people <G2992>, zealous <G2207> of good <G2570> works <G2041>.
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These things <G5023> speak <G2980> <G5720>, and <G2532> exhort <G3870> <G5720>, and <G2532> rebuke <G1651> <G5720> with <G3326> all <G3956> authority <G2003>. Let <G4065> <G0000> no man <G3367> despise <G4065> <G5720> thee <G4675>.