Titus 3:1-7 ▼

1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

2 to slander no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing every consideration for all people.

3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

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

5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

6 whom He richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.