Titus 3:1,2 Peaceably Submit to Authority

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Peaceably Submit to Authority

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.

Many of the commands in the letters has to do with vertical relationships, part of which involves those under authority being subordinate to those in authority over them, whether it be the children to their parents, the wife to her husband, or the slave (employee) to his master (employer). And likewise with regards to civil authorities.

Of course in practice human authority only has a limited realm of authority outside of which they are not legitimate authority. Thus if an authority were to command you to do something outside of their realm of authority, you are not obligated to obey them in that regard seeing as they are not in authority with regards to that command. But with regards to acting within their legitimate realm of authority, believers are to comply. And this regardless of the authority is a believer, or whether they are harsh.

"Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives" 1Peter 3:1

"Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh." 1Peter 2:18

Live the Christian life intentionally, not passively. Prepare yourself to do good. And in your zeal, beware of misrepresenting others. Attempt to be conciliatory in conflicts. True humility will be revealed by how you and others respond to personal criticism and by complying to legitimate authority within their legitimate realm of authority.