Ephesians 5:25-27
5:25 Husbands, love your
wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her
with the washing of the water by the word,
5:27 so that he
may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Titus 2:14
2:14 He
gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his,
who are eager to do good.
Titus 3:3-5
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,
Titus 3:1
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.
Titus 1:7
1:7 For the overseer
must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work,
not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
Titus 2:1-2
Conduct Consistent with Sound Teaching
2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching.
2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
Jude 1:23
1:23 save
others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy
on others, coupled with a fear of God,
hating even the clothes stained
by the flesh.
Revelation 1:5-6
1:5 and from Jesus Christ – the faithful
witness,
the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free
from our sins at the cost of
his own blood
1:6 and has appointed
us as a kingdom,
as priests
serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever!
Amen.