Titus 3:1

Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

In Context

2To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men.

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Cross References

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.

Ecclesiastes 10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.

Jeremiah 27:17Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?

Matthew 23:2Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared 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 →

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