Titus 2:12
10 not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
13 as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
- KJV
- Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
- WEB
- instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;
- ASV
- instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
- DARBY
- teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
- BLB
- instructing us that having denied ungodliness and worldly passions, we should live sound-mindedly and righteously and godlily in the present age,
- ÅB
- idet den opptukter oss til å fornekte ugudelighet og de verdslige lyster og leve tuktig og rettferdig og gudfryktig i den nuværende verden,
- OTB
- og den oppdrar oss til å fornekte ugudelighet og verdslige lyster, og til å leve sindig, rettferdig og gudfryktig i den nåværende verden,
- B1930
- idet den optukter oss til å fornekte ugudelighet og de verdslige lyster og leve tuktig og rettferdig og gudfryktig i den nuværende verden,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
Read in contextMatthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Read in contextRomans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
Read in contextPsalms 4:3
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Read in context2 Peter 2:9
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22–25
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Read in context1 John 2:6
Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
Read in context2 Peter 1:4–8
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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