1 Pero tú predica lo que concuerda con la sana enseñanza. 2 Inculca en los ancianos el ser sobrios, serios, prudentes e íntegros en la fe, en el amor y en la paciencia. 3 Las ancianas deben portarse como quien ama a Dios, no dadas a las habladurías ni a la bebida. Al contrario, deben ser maestras del bien. 4 Han de enseñar a las jóvenes a amar a sus esposos e hijos, 5 a ser prudentes y puras, a cuidar del hogar y a ser buenas y obedientes con sus esposos, para que nadie hable mal de la palabra de Dios. 6 De igual manera, exhorta a los jóvenes a ser prudentes. 7 Tú tienes que darles el ejemplo en todo con tus buenas acciones. Cuando les enseñes, hazlo con integridad y seriedad. 8 Que tu mensaje sea sano y sin faltas. Así cualquiera que discuta con ustedes se avergonzará al no encontrar nada que criticarles. 9 Enseña a los esclavos a obedecer a sus amos en todo y a tratar de complacerlos; aconséjales que no sean respondones, 10 ni rateros, demostrando así que son dignos de toda confianza. De esta manera honrarán las enseñanzas de Dios nuestro Salvador. 11 Sí, Dios ha mostrado su amor gratuito que trae salvación a todo el mundo. 12 Dios quiere que nos apartemos de la impiedad y de los placeres pecaminosos y que vivamos en este mundo una vida sobria, justa y piadosa, 13 con la mirada puesta en el día en que se cumpla la bendita promesa de su venida y se manifieste la gloria de nuestro gran Dios y Salvador Jesucristo. 14 Él se entregó a la muerte por nosotros para poder rescatarnos de todas nuestras iniquidades y convertirnos en un pueblo que fuera suyo, dedicado a hacer el bien. 15 Esto es lo que tienes que enseñar. Exhorta y reprende con plena autoridad. ¡No permitas que nadie reste importancia a tus palabras!
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Cross references (15)
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- 1 2 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 6:3; Titus 1:9; 1 Timothy 1:10; Titus 3:8
- 2 Galatians 5:23; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:8
- 3 Titus 2:4; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Peter 3:3–5; 1 Timothy 2:9–10; Titus 1:7
- 4 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:2; 1 Timothy 5:11
- 5 Proverbs 31:10–31; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 5:10; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; 1 Peter 3:1–5
- 6 Ecclesiastes 12:1; 1 Peter 5:5; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Joel 2:28; 1 John 2:13
- 7 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Philippians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:12
- 8 1 Peter 2:12; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:3; Philippians 2:14–16
- 9 1 Peter 2:18–25; 1 Timothy 6:1–2; Ephesians 6:5–8; Colossians 3:22–25; Ephesians 5:24
- 10 Matthew 5:16; 1 Peter 2:12; 2 John 9; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Timothy 6:3
- 11 Ephesians 2:8; 1 Timothy 2:4; Isaiah 45:22; Hebrews 2:9; Ephesians 2:5
- 12 Ezekiel 36:27; Matthew 16:24; Romans 6:19; Psalm 4:3; 2 Peter 2:9
- 13 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Matthew 16:27; Titus 1:2; 2 Peter 3:12–14
- 14 Hebrews 9:14; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 1:18; Titus 3:8
- 15 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Timothy 4:12–13; Titus 1:13; 1 Timothy 5:20; Matthew 7:29
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
There are some failings which age has, that youth has not. Some indeed it has in common with youth, but in addition it has a slowness, a timidity, a forgetfulness, an insensibility, and an irritability.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
… faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers?" There, too, he says: "But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: that the aged men be sober," and so on. And there, too: "These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Accordingly, when thou seest an enemy of the truth, wait on him, take care of him, lead him back into virtue, by showing forth an excellent life, by applying "speech that cannot be condemned," by bestowing attention and tender care, by trying every means of amendment, in imitation of the best physicians.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… which bringeth salvation unto all men, instructing us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and godly, and righteously in this present world; looking for the blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But when we speak of the dispensations made for man by our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who will gainsay their having been accomplished through the grace of the Spirit?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)