Titus 3:1, 2 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
The final chapter of Titus, as we call it, begins with Paul calling on Titus to remind the people of a number of things. In verses 1 and 2 there are some five altogether. They are submission to the powers that be and obedience, readiness to do good, avoidance of slander, being peaceable and considerate and humility. So the people are to be reminded, firstly, to be subject to rulers and authorities and to be obedient something the New Testament urges in more than one place (see 2 Timothy 2, etc). More generally, they are to be reminded to do whatever is good. This exhortation appears in several other places in this letter (2:14 and verses 8 and 14 of this chapter - to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good ... I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good ... Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good). The third thing is that they should slander no one, again something often spoken of in the New Testament (Ephesians 4:31, Colossians 3:8). The last two things the people are to be reminded of are to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men (see Colossians 3:12, 13, etc).
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