Titus 3:1-3

Expanded Bible

The Right Way to Live

3 Remind the believers to ·yield to the authority of [submit/be subject to] rulers and ·government leaders [authorities], to obey them, to be ready to do ·good [whatever is good; ^Levery good work], ² to ·speak no evil about anyone [slander no one], to ·live in peace [avoid fighting], and to be gentle and ·polite [considerate; courteous] to all people.

³ In the past we also were foolish. We did not obey, we were ·wrong [mislead; deceived], and we were slaves to ·many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed [^Lvarious passions and pleasures]. We spent our lives doing evil and being ·jealous [envious]. People hated us, and we hated each other.