| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine. | 1As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching. |
| 2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. | 2Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience. |
| 3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. | 3Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good. |
| 4In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, | 4These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, |
| 5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. | 5to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God. |
| 6In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. | 6In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely. |
| 7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, | 7And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. |
| 8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us. | 8Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us. |
| 9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, | 9Slaves must always obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back |
| 10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior. | 10or steal, but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way. |
| 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. | 11For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. |
| 12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, | 12And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, |
| 13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. | 13while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. |
| 14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. | 14He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds. |
| 15Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. | 15You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say. |
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