Titus 3:3

New International Version

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.

Cross References

Colossians 1:21

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.

Colossians 3:7

You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

John 8:34

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Matthew 21:29

“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

Psalm 36:2

In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.

James 1:26

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.

Luke 21:8

He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

Revelation 18:2

With a mighty voice he shouted: “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.

Revelation 13:14

Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Isaiah 44:20

Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Proverbs 8:5

You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.

Romans 6:6

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—

Romans 6:12

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

Romans 11:30

Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

2 Timothy 3:6

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

2 Timothy 3:13

while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Titus 2:12

It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Genesis 39:16

She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.