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But speak thou that which becometh sound doctrine, |
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But speak thou the things that belong to wholesome doctrine. |
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and teach, That the elders be watchful in their minds, and be chaste and pure, and sound in the faith, and in charity, and in patience. |
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And teach the older men to be watchful in their minds, and to be sober, and to be pure, and to be sound in the faith, and in love and in patience. |
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And so also the aged women, that they be in behaviour what becometh the fear of Aloha, and not slanderers, nor enslaved to much wine, and that they teach good things; |
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And so also the elder women, that they be in behavior as becometh the fear of God; and not to be slanderers; and not to be addicted to much wine; and to be inculcators of good things, |
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making those who are young modest, to love their husbands and their children, |
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making the younger women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children, |
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and to be chaste and holy, well mindful of their houses, and submissive to their husbands, that no man blaspheme the word of Aloha. |
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to be chaste and holy, and to take good care of their households, and to be obedient to their husbands; so that no one may reproach the word of God. |
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And of those who are young men, likewise, require that they be chaste. |
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And likewise exhort young men to be sober. |
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But in every thing show thyself the example in all good works, and in doctrine let there be with thee sound speech |
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And in every thing show thyself a pattern, as to all good works: and in thy teaching, let thy discourse be healthful, |
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which is sincere and incorrupt, and which no man will despise, that he who riseth against us may be ashamed when he cannot say any thing hateful against us. |
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such as is sober and uncorrupt; and let no one despise it: so that he who riseth up against us, may be ashamed, seeing he can say nothing odious against us. |
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Let servants to their masters be submissive in every thing, and please them, not contradicting, nor pilfering; |
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Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer; |
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but let them show their good-trustiness in every thing, that they may adorn in every thing the doctrine of Aloha our Saviour. |
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but let them manifest that their fidelity, in all respects, is good: so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Life-giver, in all things. |
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FOR the all-saving grace of Aloha hath appeared to all men, |
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For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed to all men; |
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and teacheth us to deny wickedness and the lusts of the world, and to live in this world in purity, and in rectitude, and in the fear of Aloha, |
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and it teacheth us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of God, |
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while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha; |
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looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah; |
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who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to cleanse unto himself a new people, who are zealous of good works. |
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who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who are zealous in good works. |
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These speak, and require, and maintain with all authority, and no man shall despise thee. |
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These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee. |
