Titus 3:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Titus 3:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Titus 3:9 is a verse from the book of Titus in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable an..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Titus 3:9 — KJV
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
— Titus 3:9 (KJV)
Titus 3:9 in Context — About the Book of Titus
Titus got the hard posting — planting elders across Crete, an island proverbial for liars and lazy gluttons. Paul's antidote is grace that trains: the same grace that saves teaches us to say no to ungodliness and live self-controlled, upright lives while waiting for the blessed hope.
Cross-References for Titus 3:9
“But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.”
Shares key themes with Titus 3:9: avoid, foolish, questions
“And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.”
Shares key themes with Titus 3:9: about, law
“And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.”
Shares key themes with Titus 3:9: about, vain
“And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.”
Shares key themes with Titus 3:9: about, law
“SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.”
Shares key themes with Titus 3:9: law, vain
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