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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
¶ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
¶ In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
¶ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient,
¶ If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true;
For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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