Titus 1:2

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

3 In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
KJV
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
WEB
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
ASV
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
DARBY
in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
BLB
upon the hope of eternal life, which God, who [is] without falsehood, promised before times eternal
ÅB
i håp om evig liv, som Gud, han som ikke lyver, har lovt fra evige tider,
OTB
i håp om evig liv, som Gud, han som ikke lyver, lovet for lenge siden,
B1930
i håp om evig liv, som Gud, han som ikke lyver, har lovt fra evige tider,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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  • 2 Timothy 1:9

    He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

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  • 1 John 2:25

    And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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  • Hebrews 6:17–18

    So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

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  • 1 John 5:11–13

    And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:1

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

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  • Titus 2:13

    as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:29

    Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

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