rsv Titus:3:1-11
rsv@Titus:3:1 @ Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,
rsv@Titus:3:2 @ to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
rsv@Titus:3:3 @ For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;
rsv@Titus:3:4 @ but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
rsv@Titus:3:5 @ he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,
rsv@Titus:3:6 @ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
rsv@Titus:3:7 @ so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
rsv@Titus:3:8 @ The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.
rsv@Titus:3:9 @ But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.
rsv@Titus:3:10 @ As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him,
rsv@Titus:3:11 @ knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.