Titus 3:1
Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
2 to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
- KJV
- Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
- WEB
- Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
- ASV
- Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,
- DARBY
- Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,
- BLB
- Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to obey rulers, to be ready for every good work,
- ÅB
- Minn dem om å underordne seg under myndigheter og øvrigheter, å være lydige, rede til all god gjerning,
- OTB
- Minn dem om å underordne seg myndigheter og makter, å være lydige, rede til all god gjerning,
- B1930
- Minn dem om å underordne sig under myndigheter og øvrigheter, å være lydige, rede til all god gjerning,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:1–7
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Read in context1 Peter 2:13–17
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Read in contextGalatians 6:9–10
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Read in contextProverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Read in contextMatthew 22:21
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Read in context2 Timothy 2:21
So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
Read in contextHebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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