1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Titus 2:12 Instructing us, that denying impiety, and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in this world,

We should live soberly,{ Ver. 12. Sobriè, justè, et piè. St. Jerome in his commentary, castè justè, et piè. So he generally translates sophron, sophronos, etc.|} and justly, and piously. St. Jerome puts (as in other places for the same Greek word) chastely, justly, and piously. The words comprehend man's duty to himself, to his neighbour, and towards God. (Witham)