Titus 1:16 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

"They confess to know God, but deny Him with their deeds: abominable and disobedient, and disqualified for every good deed." Those whose mind and conscience are defiled confess to know God, but deny Him with their deeds, according to what is said in Isaiah: This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me (Isaiah 29:13). Therefore, just as someone who honors with their lips but moves far away in heart, so anyone confessing God with their words but denying Him with his deeds is.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

They profess that they know God,.... That there is a God; that there is but one, only, true, and living God, the God of Israel, as professed by the Jews; and that this God is Father, Son, and Spirit, as believed by the Christians: for the persons the apostle speaks of were judaizing Christians. Yet this knowledge was but notional; it lay in theory and profession only; they had not a spiritual experimental knowledge of God in Christ, which only has eternal life connected with it: but in works they deny him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And disobedient -- apeitheis, unpersuadable and unbelieving. They might do divers things; but it was not the obedience of faith, nor what was commanded, or short of the command. To every good work reprobate, without skill or judgment to do any thing aright.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They profess that they know God - He still speaks concerning the unbelieving Jews, the seducing teachers, and those who had been seduced by their bad doctrine. None were so full of pretensions to the knowledge of the true God as the Jews. They would not admit that any other people could have this knowledge; nor did they believe that God ever did or ever would reveal himself to any other people; they supposed that to give the law and the prophets to the Gentiles would be a profanation of the words of God.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
ὁμολογοῦσιν	homologousin	they profess	G3670 →
εἰδέναι,	eidenai	to know,
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἔργοις	ergois	by [their] works	G2041 →
ἀρνοῦνται	arnountai	they deny [Him]	G720 →
βδελυκτοὶ	bdeluktoi	detestable	G947 →
ὄντες	ontes	being	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπειθεῖς	apeitheis	disobedient	G545 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πρὸς	pros	for	G4314 →
πᾶν	pan	any	G3956 →
ἔργον	ergon	work	G2041 →
ἀγαθὸν	agathon	good	G18 →
ἀδόκιμοι.¶	adokimoi	unfit.	G96 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
leads to
- Jeremiah 12:2
  You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Mark 7:2–13
  and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Matthew 15:2–9
  “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Jeremiah 3:10
  Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Through
1 John 2:4
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
leads to
- 1 John 1:6
  If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Through
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
leads to
- Romans 1:18
  The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Colossians 2:8
  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.