Dual Panel1Remind <5279> them <846> to be subject <5293> to rulers <746> and authorities <1849>, to be obedient <3980>, to be <1510> ready <2092> for <4314> every <3956> good <18> work <2041>.
2They must not <3367> slander <987> anyone, but be <1510> peaceable <269>, gentle <1933>, showing <1731> complete <3956> courtesy <4240> to <4314> all <3956> people <444>.
3For <1063> we <2249> too <2532> were <1510> once <4218> foolish <453>, disobedient <545>, misled <4105>, enslaved <1398> to various <4164> passions <2237> and <2532> desires <1939>, spending <1236> our lives <1236> in <1722> evil <2549> and <2532> envy <5355>, hateful <4767> and hating <3404> one another <240>.
4But <1161> “when <3753> the kindness <5544> of God <2316> our <2257> Savior <4990> and <2532> his love for mankind <5363> appeared <2014>,
5he saved <4982> us <2248> not <3756> by <1537> works <2041> of <1722> righteousness <1343> that <3739> we <2249> have done <4160> but <235> on the basis <2596> of his <846> mercy <1656>, through <1223> the washing <3067> of the new birth <3824> and <2532> the renewing <342> of the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>,
6whom <3739> he poured out <1632> on <1909> us <2248> in full measure <4146> through <1223> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Savior <4990>.
7And so <2443>, since we have been justified <1344> by his grace <5485>, we become <1096> heirs <2818> with <2596> the confident expectation <1680> of eternal <166> life <2222>.”
8This saying <3056> is trustworthy <4103>, and <2532> I want <1014> you <4571> to insist <1226> on such truths, so that <2443> those who have placed <4100> their faith <4100> in God <2316> may be <4291> intent on engaging in good <2570> works <2041>. These things <5023> are <1510> good <2570> and <2532> beneficial <5624> for all people <444>.
9But <1161> avoid <4026> foolish <3474> controversies <2214>, genealogies <1076>, quarrels <2054>, and <2532> fights <3163> about the law <3544>, because <1063> they are <1510> useless <512> and <2532> empty <3152>.
10Reject <3868> a divisive <141> person <444> after <3326> one <1520> or <2532> two <1208> warnings <3559>.
11You know <1492> that <3754> such a person <5108> is twisted by sin <264> and <2532> is <1510> conscious <843> of it himself.
12When <3752> I send <3992> Artemas <734> or <2228> Tychicus <5190> to <4314> you <4571>, do <4704> your best <4704> to come <2064> to <4314> me <3165> at <1519> Nicopolis <3533>, for <1063> I have decided <2919> to spend the winter <3914> there <1563>.
13Make <4311> every effort <4709> to help <4311> Zenas <2211> the lawyer <3544> and <2532> Apollos <625> on their way <4311>; make sure they have what they <846> need <3007>.
14Here is another way <1161> that our people <2251> can learn <3129> to engage <4291> in good <2570> works <2041> to <1519> meet pressing <316> needs <5532> and so <2443> not <3361> be <1510> unfruitful <175>.
15Everyone <3956> with <3326> me <1700> greets <782> you. Greet <782> those who love <5368> us <2248> in <1722> the faith <4102>. Grace <5485> be with <3326> you <5216> all <3956>.