Titus 3:1-5 ▼

1 Remind them to submit to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work;

2 to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

3 For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

4 But, when the kindness and the benevolence of God our Savior appeared,

5 not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through a washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit;