2Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine.G1161G2980G4771G3739G4241G5198G13192Guide older men into lives of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and endurance.G4246G1511G3524G4586G4998G5198G4102G26G52813Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness.G4247G5615G1722G2688G2412G3361G1228G3361G1402G4183G3631G25674By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children,G2443G4994G3501G1511G4994G5362G53885be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don't want anyone looking down on God's Message because of their behavior.G4998G53G3626G18G5293G2398G435G3363G3056G2316G987G3363G9876Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives.G3501G5615G3870G49937But mostly, show them all this by doing it yourself, incorruptible in your teaching,G4012G3956G3930G4572G5179G2570G2041G1722G1319G90G4587G8618your words solid and sane. Then anyone who is dead set against us, when he finds nothing weird or misguided, might eventually come around.G5199G3056G176G2443G1537G1727G1788G2192G3367G5337G3367G3004G4012G52169Guide slaves into being loyal workers, a bonus to their masters—no back talk,G1401G5293G2398G1203G1511G2101G1722G3956G3361G48310no petty thievery. Then their good character will shine through their actions, adding luster to the teaching of our Savior God.G3361G3557G235G1731G3956G18G4102G2443G2885G1319G2316G2257G4990G1722G395611God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone!G1063G5485G2316G4992G2014G3956G44412We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now,G3811G2248G2443G720G763G2532G2886G1939G2198G4996G2532G1346G2532G2153G1722G3568G16513and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears.G4327G3107G1680G2532G1391G2015G3173G2316G2532G2257G4990G2424G554714He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.G3739G1325G1438G5228G2257G2443G3084G2248G575G3956G458G2532G2511G1438G4041G2992G2207G2570G204115Tell them all this. Build up their courage, and discipline them if they get out of line. You're in charge. Don't let anyone put you down.G5023G2980G2532G3870G2532G1651G3326G3956G2003G4065G3367G4065G4675
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