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These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes,[a] to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.

In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely.

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  1. 2:5 Some manuscripts read to care for their homes.

Then they can urge the younger women(A) to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled(B) and pure, to be busy at home,(C) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(D) so that no one will malign the word of God.(E)

Similarly, encourage the young men(F) to be self-controlled.(G)

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