Titus · Chapter 3
Titus 3
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain · Source credits
Heirs of Grace
1Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.*
6This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.
Avoid Divisions
(Romans 16:17–20)
9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.
10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
11knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.
Final Remarks and Greetings
12As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
13Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
14And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
15All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.*
Source notes
Old Testament references
References from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Text from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
Deuteronomy 17:12But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Ecclesiastes 8:2Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
Ecclesiastes 8:3Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Jeremiah 27:17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Proverbs 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.