Titus 3:1-3 ; 9-11 Remind your people to obey the government and its officers, ans always to be obedient and ready for any honest work.
2 They must not speak evil of anyone, nor quarrel, but be gentle and truly, courteous to all.
3 Once we, too, were folish and disobedient; we were misled by others and became slaves to many evil pleasures and wicked desires. Our lives were full of resentment and envy. We hated others and they hated us.
9 Don’t get involved in arguing over unanswerable qustions and controversial theological ideas; keep out of arguments and quarrels about obediance to Jewish laws, for this kind of thing isn,t worthwhile;it only does harm.
10 If anyone is causing divisions among you, he should be given first and second warning. After that have nothing more to do with him, 11 for such a person has a wrong sense of values. He is sinning, and he knows it.
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