Titus 1:2

In 9 translations

BSB

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.Literally before times eternal

KJV

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

WEB

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

ASV

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

LSV

on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages

YLT

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

DBY

in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,Elohim

DRC

Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

GNV

Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων

RP2018

ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων,

TR-Boyd

ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς Θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων,

SCR1894

επ ελπιδι ζωης αιωνιου ην επηγγειλατο ο αψευδης θεος προ χρονων αιωνιων

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• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• Hebrews 6:17–18So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who…
• 2 Timothy 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
• 1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who…
• 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
• Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
• 2 Timothy 2:15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• 2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
• Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Peter 1:20–23He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.…
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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