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to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.
Titus 3:2 In-Context
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Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
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to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
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At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
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he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,