Titus 3:3

New Living Translation

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.

Cross References

Genesis 38:9

But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.

Genesis 39:16

She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.

Psalm 36:2

In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.

Proverbs 8:5

You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”

Isaiah 44:20

The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”

Obadiah 1:3

You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. ‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’ you ask boastfully.

Matthew 21:29

The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway.

Luke 21:8

He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them.

John 8:34

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

Romans 11:30

Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead.

Romans 6:12

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.

Romans 6:17

Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.

Colossians 1:21

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

Colossians 3:7

You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.

2 Timothy 3:6

They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires.

Titus 1:16

Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

Titus 2:12

And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,

James 1:26

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

1 Peter 1:14

So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

Revelation 12:9

This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

Revelation 13:14

And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Revelation 18:2

He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.