Titus 3 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Greetings from Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, our brother.

² to speak no evil against any person; to live in peace with other people; to be gentle and polite to all people.

³ Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ I remember you in my prayers. And I always thank my God for you.

⁵ I thank God because I hear about the love you have for all God’s holy people {\cf2\super [1]} and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.

⁶ I pray that the faith you share will make you understand every good thing that we have in Christ.

⁷ We were made right with God by his grace (kindness). God saved us so that we could be his children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.

⁸ There is something that you should do. And because of the authority I have in Christ, I feel free to command you to do it.

⁹ But I am not commanding you; I am asking you to do it out of love. I am Paul. I am an old man now, and I am a prisoner for Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ I am asking you for my son Onesimus. He became my son while I was in prison.

¹¹ You know that a person like that is evil and sinful. His sins prove that he is wrong.

¹² I will send Artemas and Tychicus to you. When I send them, try hard to come to me at Nicopolis. I have decided to stay there this winter.

¹³ I wanted to keep him with me to help me while I am in prison for telling the Good News. {\cf2\super [3]} By helping me he would be serving you.

¹⁴ But I did not want to do anything without asking you first. Then the good thing you do for me will be because you want to do it, not because I forced you to do it.

¹⁵ Onesimus was separated from you for a short time. Maybe that happened so that you could have him back forever—