Titus 3:1-7 - Conduct Toward All People
1 Remind your hearers to respect and obey the Powers that be, to be ready for every kind of good work, to speak ill of no one, to avoid quarreling, 2 to be forbearing, and under all circumstances to show a gentle spirit in dealing with others, whoever they may be. 3 There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
4 But, when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for man were revealed, he saved us, 5 not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7 that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving-kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of Immortal Life.