Titus 3:1

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Summary

Titus 3:1

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Put

To be subject

To be ready

General references

Joshua 1:16

1 Samuel 10:25

1 Peter 2:13

Bible References

Put

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

To be subject

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

To be ready

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

General references

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;