2:1  tu autem loquere quae decet sanam       1.   But speak thou the things which
doctrinam                                    become sound doctrine:

2:2  senes ut sobrii sint pudici             2.   That the aged men be sober, grave,
prudentes sani fide dilectione patientia     temperate, sound in faith, in charity,
                                             in patience.

2:3  anus similiter in habitu sancto         3.   The aged women likewise, that they
non criminatrices non vino multo             be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
servientes bene docentes                     not false accusers, not given to much
                                             wine, teachers of good things;

2:4  ut prudentiam doceant                   4.   That they may teach the young
adulescentulas ut viros suos ament           women to be sober, to love their
filios diligant                              husbands, to love their children,

2:5  prudentes castas domus curam            5.   To be discreet, chaste, keepers at
habentes benignas subditas suis viris        home, good, obedient to their own
ut non blasphemetur verbum Dei               husbands, that the word of God be not
                                             blasphemed.

2:6  iuvenes similiter hortare ut            6.   Young men likewise exhort to be
sobrii sint                                  sober minded.

2:7  in omnibus te ipsum praebe              7.   In all things shewing thyself a
exemplum bonorum operum in doctrina          pattern of good works: in doctrine
integritatem gravitatem                      shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
                                             sincerity,

2:8  verbum sanum inreprehensibilem ut       8.   Sound speech, that cannot be
is qui ex adverso est vereatur nihil         condemned; that he that is of the
habens malum dicere de nobis                 contrary part may be ashamed, having no
                                             evil thing to say of you.

2:9  servos dominis suis subditos esse       9.   Exhort servants to be obedient
in omnibus placentes non contradicentes      unto their own masters, and to please
                                             them well in all things; not answering
                                             again;

2:10  non fraudantes, sed in omnibus         10.   Not purloining, but shewing all
fidem bonam ostendentes ut doctrinam         good fidelity; that they may adorn the
salutaris nostri Dei ornent in omnibus       doctrine of God our Saviour in all
                                             things.

2:11  apparuit enim gratia Dei               11.   For the grace of God that
salutaris omnibus hominibus                  bringeth salvation hath appeared to all
                                             men,

2:12  erudiens nos ut abnegantes             12.   Teaching us that, denying
impietatem et saecularia desideria           ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
sobrie et iuste et pie vivamus in hoc        should live soberly, righteously, and
saeculo                                      godly, in this present world;

2:13  expectantes beatam spem et             13.   Looking for that blessed hope,
adventum gloriae magni Dei et                and the glorious appearing of the great
salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi               God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

2:14  qui dedit semet ipsum pro nobis        14.   Who gave himself for us, that he
ut nos redimeret ab omni iniquitate et       might redeem us from all iniquity, and
mundaret sibi populum acceptabilem           purify unto himself a peculiar people,
sectatorem bonorum operum                    zealous of good works.

2:15  haec loquere et exhortare et           15.   These things speak, and exhort,
argue cum omni imperio nemo te contemnat     and rebuke with all authority. Let no
                                             man despise thee.