11/22/20 THE ONE ANOTHER’S IN THE NT #34 — Titus 3:3 (CSB) For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, DETESTING ONE ANOTHER.

Chapter 3 of this letter might be called “Right Living in Society.” Here Paul reminds Titus that ALL of us start out life as lost, spiritually dead, “foolish, disobedient and deceived.” All people who have not yet embraced Jesus as personal Lord and Savior are actually “enslaved” to ungodly “passions and pleasures (~hedonism).” Furthermore their lives are characterized by “malice and envy.” In general they harbor jealousy and hatred for other people.

BUT, he reminds them and us, every aspect of his description is RADICALLY CHANGED by the “goodness and love” of God when He saves us. Paul instructs Titus to “insist” (v.8) that believers abandon those ungodly attitudes and behaviors listed above. We need to work on that, too!