Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, (A)sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. (B)Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, (C)not slanderers (D)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, (E)pure, (F)working at home, kind, and (G)submissive to their own husbands, (H)that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge (I)the younger men to be self-controlled.

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Teach the older men(A) to be temperate,(B) worthy of respect, self-controlled,(C) and sound in faith,(D) in love and in endurance.

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(E) or addicted to much wine,(F) but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women(G) to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled(H) and pure, to be busy at home,(I) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(J) so that no one will malign the word of God.(K)

Similarly, encourage the young men(L) to be self-controlled.(M)

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