English Standard Version
Titus 3:3
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.
Titus 3:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- New International Version (NIV)At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
Context of Titus 3:3
1Remind 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. For 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. 4But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Read all of Titus 3Titus 3:3 word by word
ἦμεν γάρ ποτε καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀνόητοι, ἀπειθεῖς, πλανώμενοι, δουλεύοντες ἐπιθυμίαις καὶ ἡδοναῖς ποικίλαις, ἐν κακίᾳ καὶ φθόνῳ διάγοντες, στυγητοί, μισοῦντες ἀλλήλους.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- we ourselvesἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- sometimesποτέpote · once/whenG4218
- foolishἀνόητοςanoētos · foolishG453
- disobedientἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
- deceivedπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
- servingδουλεύωdouleuō · be a slaveG1398
- diversποικίλοςpoikilos · variousG4164
- lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
- pleasuresἡδονήhēdonē · pleasureG2237
- livingδιάγωdiagō · to liveG1236
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- maliceκακίαkakia · evilG2549
- envyφθόνοςphthonos · envyG5355
- hatefulστυγητόςstugnētos · hatedG4767
- hatingμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
- one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
Commentaries on Titus 3:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For we ourselves - All of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, were, before our conversion to Christ, foolish, disobedient, and deceived. There is no doubt that the apostle felt he could include himself in the above list, previously to his conversion. The manner in which he persecuted the Christians, to whose charge he could not lay one moral evil, is a sufficient proof that, though he walked according to the letter of the law, as to its ordinances and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For we ourselves - We who are Christians. There is no reason for supposing, as Benson does, that this is to be understood as confined to Paul himself. There are some things mentioned here which were not probably true of him before his conversion, and the connection does not require us to suppose that he referred particularly to himself. He is stating a reason why those to whom Titus was appointed to preach should be urged to lead holy lives, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Being humble and treating everyone with respect is appropriate (3:2). This is especially true when we remember our own condition when God’s kindness and love came to us (3:4; see Ephesians 2:1–4; 5:8; Colossians 3:7; 1 Peter 4:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. For--Our own past sins should lead us to be lenient towards those of others. "Despise none, for such wast thou also." As the penitent thief said to his fellow thief, "Dost thou not fear God ... seeing that thou art in the same condemnation." we--Christians. were--Contrast Tit 3:4, "But when," that is, now: a favorite contrast in Paul's writing, that between our past state by nature, and our present state of deliverance from it by grace. As God treated…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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