1. But you must say the things that are consistent with sound teaching.
2. Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.
3. In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
4. so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,
5. to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.
6. In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled
7. in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.
8. Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
9. Slaves are to be submissive to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back