Titus 3:3
What is written? (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.
What does it say?
For we were at one time foolish, disobedient, let astray and enslaved to our passions and pleasures, passing our days in hatred and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s letter of encouragement to a young preacher Titus. Much like his letters to Timothy, Paul instructs Titus regarding the different churches “in every town” (1:5) to which he was ministering. Also, like Timothy, he encourages Titus to “let no one [in the church] disregard” him (2:15).
How Titus 3:3 is applied across Bible answers
Can our free moral agency be lost?
A Christian repents (turns) from their sinful ways and behavior that is described here in the most base and carnal ways.
