God’s Word Translation
Titus 3:3
3Indeed, we, too, were once stupid, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures. We were mean and jealous. We were hated, and we hated each other.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Titus 3:3
1Remind believers to willingly place themselves under the authority of government officials. Believers should obey them and be ready to help them with every good thing they do. 2Believers shouldn’t curse anyone or be quarrelsome, but they should be gentle and show courtesy to everyone. Indeed, we, too, were once stupid, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures. We were mean and jealous. We were hated, and we hated each other. 4However, when God our Savior made his kindness and love for humanity appear, 5he saved us, but not because of anything we had done to gain his approval. Instead, because of his mercy he saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives us new birth and renewal.
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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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