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THE MESSAGE
Titus 3:1
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Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
Put them in minde to bee subiect to Principalities & Powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to euery good worke,
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,
Remind the believers to yield to the authority of rulers and government leaders, to obey them, to be ready to do good,
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Remind the believers to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
Remind your people to obey the rulers and authorities and not to be rebellious. They must always be ready to do something helpful
Remind people to submit to the government and its officials, to obey them, to be ready to do any honorable kind of work,
Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,
Remind your people that they should always be under the authority of rulers and government leaders. They should obey these leaders and be ready to do good.
Pvt them in remembrance that they bee subiect to the Principalities and powers, and that they bee obedient, and ready to euery good woorke,
REMIND all to be obedient and submissive to princes and governors, and to be ready for every good work,
Remind your people to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey them, and to be ready to do good in every way.
Remind them to be subject to the rulers and to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready in every good work,
Remind people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready and willing to do good,
Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to every good work,
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Put them in mind that to princes and to powers they are to hearken and to be obedient, and to be prepared for every good work.
And admonish them to be submissive and obedient to princes and potentates; and that they be ready for every good work;
Warne them to be subiect to rule & power, to obey magistrates, to be redie to euery good worke:
Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to every good work,
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work:
Remind people that they must submit to the rulers who are in authority over them; that they must obey the magistrates, be prepared for every right action,
Amoneste hem to be sugetis to prynces, and to poweris; to obeische to that that is seid, and to be redi to al good werk;
Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to every good work,
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
Remind the believers to submit to the government and its officers. They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good.
Teach your people to obey the leaders of their country. They should be ready to do any good work.
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,
Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work.
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,
Warne the that they submitte them selves to rule and power to obey the officers that they be readie vnto all good workes
Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,
Warne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite, to obey the officers, to be ready vnto all good workes,
Admonish them to be subject to princes and to magistrates, to obey their orders, and to exert their virtue and loyalty upon all occasions.
Remind the cowboys to respect the government and its authorities. Be respectful at all times and always be ready to ride for the good.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Put: Isaiah 43:26, 1 Timothy 4:6, 2 Timothy 1:6, 2 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 3:1, 2 Peter 3:2, Jude 1:5
to be subject: Deuteronomy 17:12, Proverbs 24:21, Ecclesiastes 8:2-5, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Jeremiah 27:17, Matthew 22:21, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 23:3, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Peter 2:13-17
to be ready: Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14, Titus 2:14, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 6:9, Galatians 6:10, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 1:11, Colossians 1:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, 2 Timothy 2:21, Hebrews 13:21
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:28 - nor curse Deuteronomy 17:11 - According to Joshua 1:16 - General 1 Samuel 10:25 - General 1 Chronicles 28:21 - also the princes Job 29:8 - young men Matthew 26:10 - a good Romans 13:2 - power Romans 13:5 - ye Romans 15:15 - as 2 Corinthians 9:3 - ye may 2 Timothy 3:17 - thoroughly furnished 1 Peter 5:2 - of
Cross-References
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
At that time God will unsheathe his sword, his merciless, massive, mighty sword. He'll punish the serpent Leviathan as it flees, the serpent Leviathan thrashing in flight. He'll kill that old dragon that lives in the sea.
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
Pseudo-Servants of God Will you put up with a little foolish aside from me? Please, just for a moment. The thing that has me so upset is that I care about you so much—this is the passion of God burning inside me! I promised your hand in marriage to Christ, presented you as a pure virgin to her husband. And now I'm afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth patter, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ. It seems that if someone shows up preaching quite another Jesus than we preached—different spirit, different message—you put up with him quite nicely. But if you put up with these big-shot "apostles," why can't you put up with simple me? I'm as good as they are. It's true that I don't have their voice, haven't mastered that smooth eloquence that impresses you so much. But when I do open my mouth, I at least know what I'm talking about. We haven't kept anything back. We let you in on everything. I wonder, did I make a bad mistake in proclaiming God's Message to you without asking for something in return, serving you free of charge so that you wouldn't be inconvenienced by me? It turns out that the other churches paid my way so that you could have a free ride. Not once during the time I lived among you did anyone have to lift a finger to help me out. My needs were always supplied by the believers from Macedonia province. I was careful never to be a burden to you, and I never will be, you can count on it. With Christ as my witness, it's a point of honor with me, and I'm not going to keep it quiet just to protect you from what the neighbors will think. It's not that I don't love you; God knows I do. I'm just trying to keep things open and honest between us. And I'm not changing my position on this. I'd die before taking your money. I'm giving nobody grounds for lumping me in with those money-grubbing "preachers," vaunting themselves as something special. They're a sorry bunch—pseudo-apostles, lying preachers, crooked workers—posing as Christ's agents but sham to the core. And no wonder! Satan does it all the time, dressing up as a beautiful angel of light. So it shouldn't surprise us when his servants masquerade as servants of God. But they're not getting by with anything. They'll pay for it in the end. Let me come back to where I started—and don't hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you'd rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little. I didn't learn this kind of talk from Christ. Oh, no, it's a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days. Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along. You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down—even slap your face! I shouldn't admit it to you, but our stomachs aren't strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff. Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it. Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I'm their match. Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can't believe I'm saying these things. It's crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I'm going to finish.) I've worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death's door time after time. I've been flogged five times with the Jews' thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I've been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I've had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. I've been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I've known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather. And that's not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut. If I have to "brag" about myself, I'll brag about the humiliations that make me like Jesus. The eternal and blessed God and Father of our Master Jesus knows I'm not lying. Remember the time I was in Damascus and the governor of King Aretas posted guards at the city gates to arrest me? I crawled through a window in the wall, was let down in a basket, and had to run for my life.
The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers,.... Not angels, good or bad, which are sometimes so called, but men in high places; the higher powers ordained of God, as the apostle elsewhere calls them; and which the Apostle Peter distinguishes into the king as supreme, and into governors under him: the Roman emperor and senate, the consuls, and proconsuls, deputies and governors of provinces and islands, are here meant; particularly such who were appointed over the island of Crete. Now the reasons why the apostle exhorts Titus to put in remembrance those that were under his care, to yield a cheerful subjection to their superiors, were, because the Jews, from whom the Christians were not distinguished by the Romans, were reckoned a turbulent and seditious people; which character they obtained, partly through the principles of the Scribes and Pharisees, which they at least privately entertained, as not to give tribute to Caesar, or be under any Heathen yoke; and partly through the insurrections that had been made by Judas of Galilee, and Theudas, and others; and besides, there were many Jews in the island of Crete, and the Cretians themselves were prone to mutiny and rebellion: to which may be added, that the false teachers, and judaizing preachers, that had got among them, despised dominion, and were not afraid to speak evil of dignities, according to the characters which both Peter and Jude give of them, and taught the saints to abuse their Christian liberty, and use it for a cloak of maliciousness, to the great scandal of the Christian religion.
To obey magistrates; inferior ones; in all things that are according to the laws of God, and right reason, that do not contradict what God has commanded, or break in upon the rights and dictates of conscience; in all things of a civil nature, and which are for the good of society, and do not affect religion, and the worship of God: hence it follows,
to be ready to every good work; which may be taken in a limited and restrained sense, and design every good work enjoined by the civil magistrate; and all right and lawful obedience that belongs to him, as giving to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, tribute, custom, fear, and honour to whom they are due; and which should be done readily and cheerfully: or it may be understood more comprehensively of good works in general, which wicked men are reprobate to, and unfit for; and which they that are sanctified are meet for, and ready to; though this may not only intend their capacity, fitness, and qualifications, for the performance of good works, but their alacrity, promptitude, and forwardness unto them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Put them in mind to be subject ... - See the duty here enjoined, explained in the notes at Romans 13:1, following.
Principalities and powers - See these words explained in the notes at Romans 8:38. The word here rendered “powers” (ἐξουσίαις exousiais), is not, indeed, the same as that which is found there (δυνάμεις dunameis), but the same idea is conveyed; compare the notes at Ephesians 1:21.
To obey magistrates - That is, to obey them in all that was not contrary to the word of God; Romans 13:1 note, following; Acts 4:19-20 notes.
To be ready to every good work - “To be prepared for” (ἑτοίμους hetoimous); prompt to perform all that is good; Notes, Philippians 4:8. A Christian should be always ready to do good as far as he is able. He should not need to be urged, or coaxed, or persuaded, but should be so ready always to do good that he will count it a privilege to have the opportunity to do it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER III.
The necessity of obedience to the civil powers, and of meek and
gentle deportment towards all men, is to be diligently
enforced, 1, 2.
The wretched state of man, previously to the advent of Christ,
3.
The wonderful change which the grace of God makes, and the means
which it uses to bring men to glory, 4-7.
The necessity of a holy life, and of avoiding things which
produce strifes and contentions, and are unprofitable and vain,
8, 9.
How to deal with those who are heretics, 10, 11.
St. Paul directs Titus to meet him at Nicopolis, and to bring
Zenas and Apollos with him, 12; 13.
Concluding directions and salutations, 14, 15.
NOTES ON CHAP. III.
Verse Titus 3:1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities, c.] By principalities, αρχαις, we are to understand the Roman emperors, or the supreme civil powers in any place.
By powers, εξουσιαις, we are to understand the deputies of the emperors, such as proconsuls, c., and all such as are in authority-under the supreme powers wherever we dwell. See the doctrine of obedience to the civil powers discussed at large in the notes on Romans 13:1-7.
This doctrine of obedience to the civil powers was highly necessary for the Cretans, who were reputed a people exceedingly jealous of their civil privileges, and ready to run into a state of insurrection when they suspected any attempt on the part of their rulers to infringe their liberties. Suidas, under the word ανεσειον, they stirred up, gives the following fragment: Οἱ δε Κρητες, φοβουμενοι μη τι τιμωριας τυχωσιν, ανεσειον τα πληθη, παρακαλουντες την εξ αιωνος παραδεδομενην ελευθεριαν διαφυλαττειν. "But the Cretans, fearing lest they should be punished, stirred up the populace, exhorting them that they should carefully preserve that liberty which they had received from their ancestors." What part of the history of Crete this refers to I cannot tell the words stand thus insulated in Suidas, without introduction or connection. To be jealous of our civil rights and privileges, and most strenuously to preserve them, is highly praiseworthy but to raise a public tumult to avoid merited chastisement, under pretence that our civil privileges are in danger, is not the part of patriots but insurgents. For such advice as that given here the known character of the Cretans is a sufficient reason: "They were ever liars, ferocious wild beasts, and sluggish gluttons." Such persons would feel little disposition to submit to the wholesome restraints of law.
