My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;\par\tab {\i And} company not with them that are given to change:
Titus 3:1 - American Standard Version 2015 Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition REMIND PEOPLE to be submissive to [their] magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be prepared and willing to do any upright and honorable work, American Standard Version (1901) Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, Common English Bible Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities. They should be obedient and ready to do every good thing. Catholic Public Domain Version Admonish them to be subordinate to the rulers and authorities, to obey their dictates, to be prepared for every good work, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Admonish them to be subject to princes and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work. |
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;\par\tab {\i And} company not with them that are given to change:
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.\par
Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth {\i thy cause}, that thou mayest be justified.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?
They say unto him, C\'e6sar's. Then saith he unto them, {\cf6 Render therefore unto C\'e6sar the things that are C\'e6sar's; and unto God the things that are God's.}
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.\par
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.\par
And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.\par
to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed {\i until now}:
well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging {\i them} in the sight of God, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.\par
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.\par
And let our {\i people} also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.\par
Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:
make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {\i be} the glory for ever and ever. Amen.\par
Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with {\i you}.
Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that Jesus, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.