Paul is calling Titus to remind Christians what it’s like to be swept up in willful and intellectual bondage. Sin is both voluntary (“disobedient”) and involuntary (“led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures”). Sin has personal (“foolish”) and relational ramifications (“malice and envy, hat[r]ed”). How can a saved sinner despise an unsaved sinner? Was my sin of choice better than his sin of choice? If I believe “He chose to be gay,” did I “choose to be self-righteous”? Yes and no.
