English Standard Version
Titus 3:1
1Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Titus 3:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
- New International Version (NIV)Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Remind the believers to submit to the government and its officers. They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good.
Context of Titus 3:1
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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Ὑπομίμνῃσκε αὐτοὺς ἀρχαῖς ἐξουσίαις ὑποτάσσεσθαι, πειθαρχεῖν, πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἑτοίμους εἶναι,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Putὑπομιμνήσκωhupomimnēskō · to remindG5279
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- to be subject toὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
- principalitiesἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- powersἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
- to obey magistratesπειθαρχέωpeitharcheō · to obeyG3980
- to beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- readyἕτοιμοςhetoimos · readyG2092
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- workἔργονergon · workG2041
Commentaries on Titus 3:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities, etc. - By principalities, , we are to understand the Roman emperors, or the supreme civil powers in any place. By powers, , we are to understand the deputies of the emperors, such as proconsuls, etc., 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Put 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” ( ̓́ exousiais), is not, indeed, the same as that which is found there ( ́ 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Obedience to magistrates, and becoming behaviour towards all, are enforced from what believers were before conversion, and what they are made, through Christ. (1-7) Good works to be done, and useless disputes avoided. (8-11) Directions and exhortations. (12-15) Verses 1-7 Spiritual privileges do not make void or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. They were not to be quarrelsome, but to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Paul might be telling the believers to make a clear distinction between themselves and the disorderly general population. Alternatively, the troublemakers (1:10–15; 3:10) might have adopted disorderly behaviors as a result of their false teachings (as is likely the case in 1 Timothy 2:1–7). On relations to rulers and authorities, see 1 Timothy 2:2; Romans 13:1–7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. Put them in mind--as they are in danger of forgetting their duty, though knowing it. The opposition of Christianity to heathenism, and the natural disposition to rebellion of the Jews under the Roman empire (of whom many lived in Crete), might lead many to forget practically what was a recognized Christian principle in theory, submission to the powers that be. Diodorus Siculus mentions the tendency of the Cretans to riotous insubordination. to be…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Titus 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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