Likewise, urge (A)the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be (B)a model of good works, and in your teaching (C)show integrity, (D)dignity, and (E)sound speech that cannot be condemned, (F)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

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Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled, concerning everything showing yourself to be an example of good deeds, in your teaching demonstrating soundness, dignity, a sound message beyond reproach, in order that an opponent[a] may be put to shame, because he[b] has nothing bad to say concerning us.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 2:8 Literally “one from the opposed”
  2. Titus 2:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has”) which is understood as causal