Dual Panel1Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,
2to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.
3For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.
4But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Savior appeared,
5he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
6whom he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8The saying [is] trustworthy, and I want you to insist concerning these [things], so that those who have believed in God may be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.
9But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.
10Reject a divisive person after a first and second admonition,
11knowing that such a person is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.
12When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make haste to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
13Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that _they may lack nothing_ .
14But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
15All those with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace [be] with all of you.