Titus 3:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

Cross References

Colossians 1:21

At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, because the evil you did was against him.

Romans 6:17

In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed what you were taught.

Colossians 3:7

You also did these things in the past, when you lived like them.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You have become slaves of God, and the result is that you live only for God. This will bring you eternal life.

1 Peter 1:14

In the past you did not have the understanding you have now, so you did the evil things you wanted to do. But now you are children of God, so you should obey him and not live the way you did before.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your old, foolish ways and live! Advance along the path of understanding.”

2 Corinthians 12:20

I do this because I am afraid that when I come, you will not be what I want you to be. And I am afraid that I will not be what you want me to be. I am afraid that I will find arguing, jealousy, anger, selfish fighting, evil talk, gossip, pride, and confusion there.

John 8:34

Jesus said, “The truth is, everyone who sins is a slave—a slave to sin.

Matthew 21:29

“The son answered, ‘I will not go.’ But later he decided he should go, and he went.

Psalm 36:2

They lie to themselves. They don’t see their own faults, so they are not sorry for what they do.

James 1:26

You might think you are a very religious person. But if your tongue is out of control, you are fooling yourself. Your careless talk makes your offerings to God worthless.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are too important to do this, you are only fooling yourself.

Luke 21:8

Jesus said, “Be careful! Don’t be fooled. Many people will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah’ and ‘The right time has come!’ But don’t follow them.

Revelation 18:2

The angel shouted with a powerful voice, “She is destroyed! The great city of Babylon is destroyed! She has become a home for demons. That city has become a place for every unclean spirit to live. She is a city filled with all kinds of unclean birds. She is a place where every unclean and hated animal lives.

Revelation 13:14

This second beast fooled the people living on earth by using the miracles that he had been given the power to do for the first beast. He ordered people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the sword but did not die.

Revelation 12:9

It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.

Isaiah 44:20

Someone like that is deceived. They don’t know what they are doing. They cannot save themselves, and they will not admit, “This statue I am holding is a lie!”

Obadiah 1:3

Your pride has fooled you. You live in those caves high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. So you say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me to the ground.’”

Proverbs 8:5

You who are ignorant, learn to be wise. You who are foolish, get some common sense.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old life was put to death on the cross with Christ. This happened so that our sinful selves would have no power over us. Then we would not be slaves to sin.

Romans 6:12

But don’t let sin control your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.

Romans 11:30

At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because the Jews refused to obey.

2 Timothy 3:6

Some of them go into homes and get control over weak women, whose lives are full of sin—women who are led into sin by all the things they want.

2 Timothy 3:13

People who are evil and cheat others will become worse and worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don’t accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. It teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows true devotion to God.

Genesis 38:9

Onan knew that the children from this union would not belong to him. He had sexual relations with Tamar, but he did not allow himself to stay inside her.

Genesis 39:16

Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph’s master, came home.