² That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

²³ Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

⁷ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

¹¹ Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹³ This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

² A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

³¹ The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.