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Titus 2:7

New International Reader's Version

Do what is good. Set an example for them in everything. When you teach, be honest and serious.

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Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.

Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

I am not commanding you to do it. But I want to test you. I want to find out if you really love God. I want to compare your love with that of others.

May grace be given to everyone who loves our Lord Jesus Christ with a love that will never die.

Then you will be able to know what is best. Then you will be pure and without blame for the day that Christ returns.

We worked, even though we have the right to receive help from you. We did it in order to be a model for you to follow.

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure.

She must be well known for the good things she does. That includes bringing up children. It includes inviting guests into her home. It includes washing the feet of the Lord’s people. It includes helping those who are in trouble. A widow should spend her time doing all kinds of good things.

You can trust this saying. These things are important. Treat them that way. Then those who trust in God will be careful to commit themselves to doing good. These things are excellent. They are for the good of everyone.

Don’t act as if you were a ruler over those under your care. Instead, be examples to the flock.




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