Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2to slander no man, to be noncontentious, meek, showing all mildness to all men.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.
Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offences.
Jeremiah 27:17Hearken not to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
Matthew 23:2The scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.
Matthew Henry on Titus 3:1
Of duties which concern Christians more in common, and the reasons of them, ver. 1-8 . What Titus in teaching should avoid, and how he should deal with a heretic, with some other directions ( ver. 9-14 ), and salutations in the close, ver. 15 . Read the whole commentary →