Titus 2

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.	1 As for yourself, you must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely,
2 Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and perseverance.	2 that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
3 Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious people, with no scandal-mongering and noaddiction to wine -- they must be the teachers of right behaviour	3 Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good,
4 and show younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children,	4 so that they may train younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 how they must be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and obey theirhusbands, so that the message of God is not disgraced.	5 to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.
6 Similarly, urge younger men to be moderate in everything that they do,	6 Urge the younger men, similarly, to control themselves,
7 and you yourself set an example of good works, by sincerity and earnestness, when you are teaching,and by a message sound and irreproachable	7 showing yourself as a model of good deeds in every respect, with integrity in your teaching, dignity,
8 so that any opponent will be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us.	8 and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.
9 Slaves must be obedient to their masters in everything, and do what is wanted without argument;	9 Slaves are to be under the control of their masters in all respects, giving them satisfaction, not talking back to them
10 and there must be no pilfering -- they must show complete honesty at al times, so that they are in everyway a credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.	10 or stealing from them, but exhibiting complete good faith, so as to adorn the doctrine of God our savior in every way.
11 You see, God's grace has been revealed to save the whole human race;	11 For the grace of God has appeared, saving all
12 it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true religion and all our worldly passions;we must be self-restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world,	12 and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,
13 waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God andSaviour Christ Jesus.	13 as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ,
14 He offered himself for us in order to ransom us from al our faults and to purify a people to be his veryown and eager to do good.	14 who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.
15 This is what you must say, encouraging or arguing with ful authority; no one should despise you.	15 Say these things. Exhort and correct with all authority. Let no one look down on you.