Titus 3:3

New English Translation

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Cross References

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

Genesis 39:16

So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

Psalm 36:2

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

Proverbs 8:5

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

Proverbs 9:6

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Obadiah 1:3

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you – you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’

Matthew 21:29

The boy answered, ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.

Luke 21:8

He said, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

Romans 11:30

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,

Romans 6:22

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Colossians 1:21

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

Colossians 3:7

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

2 Timothy 3:6

For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Titus 2:12

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

James 1:26

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

1 Peter 1:14

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

Revelation 12:9

So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

Revelation 13:14

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

Revelation 18:2

He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.