Titus 3:1

Tell the Christians there to remember what we taught them, that they have to follow the government’s rules. They have to follow the rules of all the government bosses, and they always have to be ready to do good things.

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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

2And tell them not to say bad things about other people. They have to be happy with each other, and not fight or argue. They have to go easy on other people.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58So always remember those things, my Christian friends. I love you, and I want you to stay strong for God. Don’t let anything take you away from him. Keep on working hard for our leader Jesus. Remember, he will help you, so that everything you do with him will be good. It will not be useless.

Ephesians 2:10God is the one that made us what we are, and he wants us to do good things. He already has those good things ready for us to do. He turned us into new people, and he joined us to Jesus Christ, so now we can do those good things.

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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