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Text -- Titus 3:1-15 (NET)
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Context
Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church
3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities , to be obedient , to be ready for every good work .
3:2 They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable , gentle , showing complete courtesy to all people .
3:3 For we too were once foolish , disobedient , misled , enslaved to various passions and desires , spending our lives in evil and envy , hateful and hating one another .
3:4 But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared ,
3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy , through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit ,
3:6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior .
3:7 And so , since we have been justified by his grace , we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life .”
Summary of the Letter
3:8 This saying is trustworthy , and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works . These things are good and beneficial for all people .
3:9 But avoid foolish controversies , genealogies , quarrels , and fights about the law , because they are useless and empty .
3:10 Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings .
3:11 You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.
Final Instructions and Greeting
3:12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you , do your best to come to me at Nicopolis , for I have decided to spend the winter there .
3:13 Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way ; make sure they have what they need .
3:14 Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful .
3:15 Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith . Grace be with you all .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tychicus |
Minister |
Works |
Testimony |
Salvation |
PASTORAL EPISTLES |
Zenas |
Strife |
Apollos |
Nicopolis |
Heresy |
Regeneration |
Trinity |
Magistrate |
Commandments |
TRINITY, 2 |
GRACE |
Artemas |
Gentleness |
ACCEPTANCE |
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NET Notes: Tit 3:1 Most later witnesses (D2 0278 Ï lat sy) have καί (kai, “and”) after ἀρχαῖς (arcai"...
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NET Notes: Tit 3:4 Verses 4-7 are set as poetry in NA26/NA27. These verses probably constitute the referent of the expression “this saying” in v. 8.
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NET Notes: Tit 3:9 Fights about the law were characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus as well as in Crete (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-7; Titus 1:10, 14).
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