(A)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, (B)not slanderers (C)or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, (D)pure, (E)working at home, kind, and (F)submissive to their own husbands, (G)that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge (H)the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be (I)a model of good works, and in your teaching (J)show integrity, (K)dignity, and (L)sound speech that cannot be condemned, (M)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

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