Titus 3:1

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

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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 malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.

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Cross References

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

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?

Matthew 23:2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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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