Titus 3:1-11 ▼

1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

2 to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

5 He saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

6 He poured out this Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior

7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

8 This saying is trustworthy. 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.

9 But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

10 Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning,

11 knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.