提多書2:1-10

2:1 但你所講的總要合乎那純正的道理。
2:2 勸老年人要有節制、端莊、自守，在信心、愛心、忍耐上都要純全無疵。
2:3 又勸老年婦人，舉止行動要恭敬，不說讒言，不給酒作奴僕，用善道教訓人，
2:4 好指教少年婦人，愛丈夫，愛兒女，
2:5 謹守，貞潔，料理家務，待人有恩，順服自己的丈夫，免得上帝的道理被毀謗。
2:6 又勸少年人要謹守。
2:7 你自己凡事要顯出善行的榜樣；在教訓上要正直、端莊，
2:8 言語純全，無可指責，叫那反對的人，既無處可說我們的不是，便自覺羞愧。
2:9 勸僕人要順服自己的主人，凡事討他的喜歡，不可頂撞他，
2:10 不可私拿東西，要顯為忠誠，以致凡事尊榮我們救主─上帝的道。

 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. ² Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

³ Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. ⁴ Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
⁶ Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. ⁷ In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness ⁸ and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
⁹ Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, ¹⁰ and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

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    保羅教導提多怎樣成為教導者，不管面對男女老少，都要用「純正的道理」來教導。不僅如此，更要「要顯出善行的榜樣；在教訓上要正直、端莊，言語純全，無可指責，叫那反對的人，既無處可說我們的不是，便自覺羞愧。」

    的確，上帝的僕人要表現出崇高的道德生活標準，不是為自己的好處，是為榮耀上帝的名。因為我們在這個世界生活行事，就是「凡事尊榮我們救主─上帝的道」！

    今天我們既然有幸成為上帝所拯救的人，就是上帝的兒女，要讓人從我們身上看見父的榮光！正如主耶穌來到這個世界，約翰福音1章14節：「道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿地有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光。」1章18節：「從來沒有人看見上帝，只有在父懷裡的獨生子將他表明出來。」