11 translations · Greek
Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
Titus 1:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- KJV King James Version
- In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- ASV American Standard Version
- in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages
- FBV Free Bible Version
- This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
- DBY Darby Translation
- in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπ’ | ep’ | in | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ἐλπίδι | elpidi | [the] hope | G1680 ἐλπίς hope |
| ζωῆς | zōēs | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰωνίου | aiōniou | of eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| ἣν | hēn | which | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἐπηγγείλατο | epēngeilato | promised | G1861 ἐπαγγέλλω to profess |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀψευδὴς | apseudēs | who cannot lie | G893 ἀψευδής not a liar |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| πρὸ | pro | before | G4253 πρό before |
| χρόνων | chronōn | time | G5550 χρόνος time |
| αἰωνίων | aiōniōn | began | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
Related verses
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- 2 Timothy 1:9
who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
- 1 John 2:25
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
- Hebrews 6:17–18
In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- 2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
- 1 John 5:11–13
The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
- Titus 2:13
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
- 2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.”
- 2 Timothy 2:15
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Read all of Titus 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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