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Berean Standard Bible

“Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,”

Titus 3:1

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After grounding Christian conduct in the gospel of grace in chapter 2, Paul gives Titus a reminder about how believers should relate to the society around them. Crete was a place of turbulence and distrust of authority.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

World English Bible (WEB)

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

King James Version (KJV)

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

American Standard Version (ASV)

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

AMONÉSTALES que se sujeten á los príncipes y potestades, que obedezcan, que estén prontos á toda buena obra.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Recuérdales que han de someterse al gobierno y a las autoridades, que han de ser obedientes y que deben estar siempre dispuestos a realizar cualquier trabajo honrado.

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