1. You must tell everyone what they must do to follow the true teaching.
2. Teach older men to have self-control, to be serious, and to be wise. They should be strong in faith, strong in love, and strong in patience.
3. Also, teach older women to be holy in the way they live. Teach them not to speak against others or have the habit of drinking too much wine. They should teach what is good.
4. In that way they can teach younger women to love their husbands and children.
5. They can teach younger women to be wise and pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to obey their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.
6. In the same way, tell young men to be wise.