# Titus 3.1

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**Book:** [Titus](/codex/titus/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,**
>
> 2. to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men. 3. For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. (Titus 3:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,**
>
> 2. to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3. For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,**
>
> 2. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (Titus 3:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,**
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> 2. of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome, gentle, showing all meekness to all men, 3. for we were once, also we, thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious, hating one another; (Titus 3:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [G5293 - hypotasso](/codex/g5293-hypotasso/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.