Titus 1:16 Parallel Translations

They claim to know God, but they deny him by what they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit to do anything good.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

ASV:

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

BBE:

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

DBY:

They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

ERV:

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

WEY:

They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.

WBS:

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.

WEB:

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

YLT:

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

Titus 1:16 Cross References

XREF:

1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

2 Timothy 3:17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

Titus 3:3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God. These teachers of Jewish fables and carnal ordinances profess to know and serve God, yet their immoral lives are a denial of him.

MHC:

1:10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worldly interest under pretence of religion: for the love of money is the root of all evil. Such should be resisted, and put to shame, by sound doctrine from the Scriptures. Shameful actions, the reproach of heathens, should be far from Christians; falsehood and lying, envious craft and cruelty, brutal and sensual practices, and idleness and sloth, are sins condemned even by the light of nature. But Christian meekness is as far from cowardly passing over sin and error, as from anger and impatience. And though there may be national differences of character, yet the heart of man in every age and place is deceitful and desperately wicked. But the sharpest reproofs must aim at the good of the reproved; and soundness in the faith is most desirable and necessary. To those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; they abuse, and turn things lawful and good into sin. Many profess to know God, yet in their lives deny and reject him. See the miserable state of hypocrites, such as have a form of godliness, but are without the power; yet let us not be so ready to fix this charge on others, as careful that it does not apply to ourselves.

CONC:

Abominable Actions Acts Anything Backs Deed Deeds Deny Detestable Disapproved Disobedient Disown Hard-hearted Hated Judged Profess Reprobate Turning Unfit Useless Utterly Value Works Worthless

Abominable Actions Acts Backs Claim Deed Deeds Deny Detestable Disapproved Disobedient Disown Found Good Hard-Hearted Hated Judged Profess Reprobate Turning Unfit Useless Utterly Value Work Works Worthless

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