Titus 3:1-7 ▼

1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

2 to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, demonstrating all gentleness to all men.

3 For we ourselves also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

4 But when the kindness and affection of God our Savior appeared,

5 He saved us, not by works which we did in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 so that having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.