Titus 3: 1 - 7
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Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,
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to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;
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but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
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he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,
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which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
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