Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

A Conservative Version

in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,

An Understandable Version

[and provides] hope for never ending life. God, who cannot lie, promised this [life] before the beginning of time,

Anderson New Testament

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

Bible in Basic English

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

Common New Testament

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

Daniel Mace New Testament

and gives the expectation of eternal life, which the God of veracity promised so many ages ago;

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

in the hope of eternal life, which God who never lies promised ages ago,

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

In hope of eternal life, (which God, not false, promised before eternal times;

King James 2000

In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages began;

Lexham Expanded Bible

in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,

Modern King James verseion

on hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

Moffatt New Testament

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Montgomery New Testament

I write in hope of life eternal which God who never lies, promised before times eternal,

NET Bible

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,

Sawyer New Testament

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

The Emphasized Bible

In hope of life age-abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age-during times,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

in hope of life eternal, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being;

Twentieth Century New Testament

and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages.

Williams New Testament

in the hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times,

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

ἐλπίς 
Elpis 
Usage: 54

of eternal
αἰώνιος 
Aionios 
Usage: 47

ζωή 
Zoe 
Usage: 88

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἀψευδής 
Apseudes 
Usage: 1

ἐπαγγέλλω 
Epaggello 
Usage: 15

πρό 
Pro 
before, above, above ... ago, or ever
Usage: 34

the world
χρόνος 
Chronos 
Usage: 41

Images Titus 1:2

Prayers for Titus 1:2

Context Readings

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

Cross References

2 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

Titus 2:13

waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:7

so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

1 John 5:20

And 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.

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret."

Proverbs 8:23-31

Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Mark 10:17

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Mark 10:30

who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

John 3:15-16

that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

John 6:54

Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

John 17:2

since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

John 17:24

Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 15:18

known from of old.'

Romans 1:2

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 5:2

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:4

and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Romans 5:21

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 16:25

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:19

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, he remains faithful--for he cannot deny himself.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Titus 2:7

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,

Hebrews 6:17-18

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:20-23

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.

1 John 3:2-3

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

Revelation 13:8

and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

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