Titus 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 2:12

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

BSB

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ASV

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

KJV

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

This grace has shone upon all men in order to instruct us to renounce impiety and worldly desires and to live chastely, justly, and piously in this world. However, to deny impiety and worldly desires, as we have explained above, they confess to knowing God, but deny it by their deeds. I believe that this can be understood through opposing arguments. Therefore, worldly desires are those that are suggested by the prince of this world, and since they belong to this world, they pass through it like a cloud.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And worldly desires - Which are opposite to sobriety and righteousness. We should live soberly - In all purity and holiness. Sobriety, in the scripture sense, is rather the whole temper of a man, than a single virtue in him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And so must it be with others; their teaching must be agreeable to the word, and their life with their teaching. This is the true and good minister. Labouring night and day, we preached to you the gospel of God; and you are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and unblamably, we behaved ourselves among you.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Teaching us, that, denying, etc. - Παιδευουσα· Instructing us as children are instructed. Christ is the great teacher; and men, in order to learn, must become his disciples - must put themselves under his tuition, and learn of him. Denying ungodliness - Ασεβειαν· All things contrary to God; whatever would lead us to doubt his being, deny any of his essential attributes; his providence or government of the world, and his influence on the souls of men. Every thing, also, which is opposed to his true worship; theoretical and practical atheism, deism, and irreligion in general.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
παιδεύουσα	paideuousa	instructing	G3811 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἀρνησάμενοι	arnēsamenoi	having denied	G720 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ἀσέβειαν	asebeian	ungodliness	G763 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
κοσμικὰς	kosmikas	worldly	G2886 →
ἐπιθυμίας	epithumias	passions	G1939 →
σωφρόνως	sōphronōs	discreetly	G4996 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δικαίως	dikaiōs	righteously	G1346 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εὐσεβῶς	eusebōs	piously	G2153 →
ζήσωμεν	zēsōmen	we may live	G2198 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
νῦν	nun	present	G3568 →
αἰῶνι	aiōni	age	G165 →

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
Matthew 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.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2
  Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Luke 9:23–27
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Mark 10:21
  Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
Through
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.
leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”