Titus 2:1

“ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Command and teach these things.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

“ ‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.

If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;

He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,