orthjbc Titus:3:1-11
orthjbc@Titus:3:1 @ Remind them to be "V'NISHMA" (note:)"OBEDIENT, "AND WE WILL OBEY!"--SHEMOT strkjv@24:7(:note) to sarim rulers, to shiltonim authorities, to be submissive, to be obedient, ready for every ma'aseh tov.
orthjbc@Titus:3:2 @ Speak lashon hora of no one, be not ohev riv (note:)quarrelsome(:note). Be eidel gentle, displaying anvetanut meekness to kol bnei Adam.
orthjbc@Titus:3:3 @ For all of us were once chaser da'at (note:)lacking knowledge(:note), sorrarim disobedient, being led astray, avadim slaves of ta'avot and to various pleasures of Olam Hazeh, spending our lives in eyvah enmity--Bereshis strkjv@3:15 and kina jealousy, hated, and hating one another.
orthjbc@Titus:3:4 @ But when the Chen v'chesed and the ahavah of Hashem Moshieynu appeared to bnei Adam,
orthjbc@Titus:3:5 @ not by ma'asim mitzvot in yechus which we have merited, but according to his rachamim, he granted us Yeshu'at Eloheynu through the mikveh mayim ruchani of rebirth and renewing of the Ruach Hakodesh,
orthjbc@Titus:3:6 @ which he poured out on us richly through Moshiach Yehoshua Moshieynu,
orthjbc@Titus:3:7 @ that, having been acquitted betzedek by the chesed of Hashem, we might become yoreshim (note:)heirs(:note) in the tikvah HaChayei HaOlam.
orthjbc@Titus:3:8 @ Trustworthy is the dvar Emes. I counsel you to strongly affirm the divrei torah I am handing on to you, that those who have become ma'aminim in Hashem may be shomer for ma'asim tovim. These things to bnei Adam are good, tov m'od.
orthjbc@Titus:3:9 @ But pilpul minutiae controversies and toledot and quarrels and fights about the Torah, avoid, for they are unprofitable hevel.
orthjbc@Titus:3:10 @ An ish hacholek (note:)a man of division, a divisive man(:note) after one or two warnings, avoid,
orthjbc@Titus:3:11 @ knowing that such a man is perverted and sinful, bringing harsha'ah (note:)condemnation(:note) upon himself.