Older menare to be temperate,dignified,sensible,soundin faith,in love,in perseverance.
"Wisdomis with agedmen,[With] longlifeis understanding.
They will stillyieldfruitin oldage;They shall be fullof sapand verygreen,
A grayheadis a crownof glory;It is foundin the wayof righteousness.
"Nolongerwill there be in it an infant[who lives but a few] days,Or an oldmanwhodoes not liveout his days;For the youthwill dieat the ageof one hundredAnd the one who does not reachthe ageof one hundredWill be [thought] accursed.
You shall riseup beforethe grayheadedand honorthe aged,and you shall revereyour God;I am the LORD.
They cameto Jesusand observedthe man who had been demon-possessedsitting down,clothedand in his right mind,the very man who had hadthe "legion";and they became frightened.
[The people] wentout to seewhat had happened;and they cameto Jesus,and foundthe manfrom whomthe demonshad goneout, sitting downat the feetof Jesus,clothedand in his right mind;and they became frightened.
But as he was discussingrighteousness,self-controland the judgmentto come,Felixbecamefrightenedand said,"Go awayfor the present,and when I findtimeI will summonyou."
For throughthe gracegivento me I sayto everyoneamongyou not to think more highlyof himself thanhe oughtto think;but to thinksoas to have sound judgment,as Godhas allottedto eacha measureof faith.
Become sober-mindedas you ought,and stopsinning;for somehaveno knowledgeof God.I speak[this] to your shame.
Everyonewho competes in the gamesexercises self-controlin all things.They then[do it] to receivea perishablewreath,but we an imperishable.
For ifwe are beside ourselves,it is for God;ifwe are of sound mind,it is for you.
gentleness,self-control;againstsuch thingsthere is nolaw.
Finally,brethren,whateveris true,whateveris honorable,whateveris right,whateveris pure,whateveris lovely,whateveris of good repute,ifthere is anyexcellenceand ifanythingworthy of praise,dwellon these things.
so thenlet us not sleepas othersdo, but let us be alertand sober.
But since we are of [the] day,let us be sober,having puton the breastplateof faithand love,and as a helmet,the hopeof salvation.
and immoral menand homosexualsand kidnappersand liarsand perjurers,and whateverelseis contraryto soundteaching,
and the graceof our Lordwas more than abundant,with the faithand lovewhich are [found] in ChristJesus.
To Timothy,[my] true childin [the] faith:Grace,mercy[and] peacefrom Godthe Fatherand ChristJesusour Lord.
But the goalof our instructionis lovefrom a pureheartand a goodconscienceand a sincerefaith.
Women[must] likewise[be] dignified,not malicious gossips,but temperate,faithfulin all things.
An overseer,then,mustbe above reproach,the husbandof onewife,temperate,prudent,respectable,hospitable,able to teach,
[He must be] one who manageshis ownhouseholdwell,keepinghis childrenundercontrolwith alldignity
Deaconslikewise[must be] men of dignity,not double-tongued,oraddictedto muchwineorfond of sordid gain,
Do not sharply rebukean older man,but [rather] appealto [him] as a father,[to] the younger menas brothers,
Thistestimonyis true.For thisreasonreprovethem severelysothat they may be soundin the faith,
but hospitable,loving what is good,sensible,just,devout,self-controlled,
in all thingsshowyourselfto be an exampleof gooddeeds,[with] purityin doctrine,dignified,
yet for love'ssakeI ratherappeal[to you]-- since I amsuch a personas Paul,the aged,and nowalsoa prisonerof ChristJesus--
Therefore,prepareyour mindsfor action, keep sober[in spirit], fix your hopecompletelyon the graceto be broughtto you at the revelationof JesusChrist.
The endof all thingsis near;therefore,be of sound judgmentand sober[spirit] for the purpose of prayer.
Be of sober[spirit], be on the alert.Your adversary,the devil,prowls aroundlikea roaringlion,seekingsomeoneto devour.
and in [your] knowledge,self-control,and in [your] self-control,perseverance,and in [your] perseverance,godliness,
