The necessity of obedience to the civil powers, and of meek and gentle deportment towards all men, is to be diligently enforced, 1,2. The wretched state of man, previously to the advent of Christ, 3. The wonderful change which the grace of God makes, and the means which it uses to bring men to glory, 4-7. The necessity of a holy life, and of avoiding things which produce strifes and contentions, and are unprofitable and vain, 8,9. How to deal with those who are heretics, 10,11. Paul directs Titus to meet him at Nicopolis, and to bring Zenas and Apollos with him, 12; 13. Concluding directions and salutations, 14,15.