Titus 1:11-2:6

English Standard Version

¹¹ They must be silenced, since ^(A)they are upsetting whole families by teaching ^(B)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. ^12 (C)One of the Cretans,^[a] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”^{[b] 13} This testimony is true. Therefore ^(D)rebuke them ^(E)sharply, that they ^(F)may be sound in the faith, ^14 (G)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and ^(H)the commands of people ^(I)who turn away from the truth. ^15 (J)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and ^(K)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ^(L)their minds and their consciences are defiled. ^16 (M)They profess to know God, but they ^(N)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ^(O)unfit for any good work.

Teach Sound Doctrine

2 But as for you, teach what accords with ^(P)sound^[c] doctrine. ² Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, ^(Q)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. ^3 (R)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, ^(S)not slanderers ^(T)or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, ⁴ and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled, ^(U)pure, ^(V)working at home, kind, and ^(W)submissive to their own husbands, ^(X)that the word of God may not be reviled. ⁶ Likewise, urge ^(Y)the younger men to be self-controlled.