2:1 Tu autem loquere quæ decent sanam doctrinam :

2:1 But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine:

2:2 senes ut sobrii sint, pudici, prudentes, sani in fide, in dilectione, in patientia :

2:2 That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

2:3 anus similiter in habitu sancto, non criminatrices, non multo vino servientes, bene docentes :

2:3 The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:

2:4 ut prudentiam doceant adolescentulas, ut viros suos ament, filios suos diligant,

2:4 That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children.

2:5 prudentes, castas, sobrias, domus curam habentes, benignas, subditas viris suis, ut non blasphemetur verbum Dei.

2:5 To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

2:6 Juvenes similiter hortare ut sobrii sint.

2:6 Young men, in like manner, exhort that they be sober.

2:7 In omnibus teipsum præbe exemplum bonorum operum, in doctrina, in integritate, in gravitate,

2:7 In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,

2:8 verbum sanum, irreprehensibile : ut is qui ex adverso est, vereatur, nihil habens malum dicere de nobis.

2:8 The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.

2:9 Servos dominis suis subditos esse, in omnibus placentes, non contradicentes,

2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

2:10 non fraudantes, sed in omnibus fidem bonam ostendentes : ut doctrinam Salvatoris nostri Dei ornent in omnibus.

2:10 Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

2:11 Apparuit enim gratia Dei Salvatoris nostri omnibus hominibus,

2:11 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men:

2:12 erudiens nos, ut abnegantes impietatem, et sæcularia desideria, sobrie, et juste, et pie vivamus in hoc sæculo,

2:12 Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and justly and godly in this world,

2:13 exspectantes beatam spem, et adventum gloriæ magni Dei, et Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi :

2:13 Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

2:14 qui dedit semetipsum pro nobis, ut nos redimeret ab omni iniquitate, et mundaret sibi populum acceptabilem, sectatorem bonorum operum.

2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

2:15 Hæc loquere, et exhortare, et argue cum omni imperio. Nemo te contemnat.

2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.