Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.