Titus 3:1-5

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

to slander no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing every consideration for all people.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,