Titus 3:1-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Christian Living among Outsiders

3 Remind them to be submissive^(A) to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, ²to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness^(B) to all people. ³For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions^(C) and pleasures,^(D) living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

⁴But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared,^(E)
⁵He saved us^(F)—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,^(G)
but according to His mercy,^(H)
through the washing of regeneration^(I)
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.^(J)
⁶He poured out this Spirit on us abundantly^(K)
through Jesus Christ our Savior,
⁷so that having been justified by His grace,^(L)
we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.^(M)

⁸This saying is trustworthy.^(N) I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone. ⁹But avoid foolish debates,^(O) genealogies,^(P) quarrels,^(Q) and disputes about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. ¹⁰Reject a divisive^(R) person after a first and second warning,^(S) ¹¹knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.