1 Tell the people to always remember to do these things; Remain under the control of rulers and leaders; To obey those leaders and to be ready to do every good deed.
Titus 3:2 To keep them from speaking evil of others, to be at peace with others, to be kind to others; And be kind to everyone in every situation. Tell those who believe to do the same.
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3 In the past we too were fools. We did not obey, we were wrong and we were slaves to many things that our bodies wanted to do and obey. We lived a life of wickedness and we were jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.
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4 Then God, our Savior, showed His mercy and love.
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5 By his grace he redeemed us, not by doing good, but by righteousness. He did this by giving us a bath that made us a new person through the Holy

6 God showered us with the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Savior.
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7 We were made right with God by his grace. And God gave us the Holy Spirit so that we could have eternal life. And that is our hope.
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8 This is a true teaching. And I want you to make sure that people understand these things. Then people who have faith in God will be careful to use their lives to do good things. These things are good and helpful to all people.
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9 Stay away from those who argue foolishly, and those who talk nonsense about the history of their ancestors, who fight against the teachings of the Law of Moses. These things are useless and will not benefit the people.
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10 If anyone divides, warn him. If he does not listen, warn him again. Then if he still doesn’t listen, then don’t have anything to do with him.
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11 You know that such a person is evil and sinful. His sins prove that he is guilty.
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