Titus 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Teaching

1 John 2:27

Denying

This

1 John 5:19

General references

Bible References

Teaching

And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."

And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"

As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

There shall be no need for every man to instruct his fellow-citizen, or for a man to say to his Brother 'Learn to know the Lord'; For every one will know me, From the lowest to the highest.

But you--you still retain in your hears that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of any one to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.

Denying

Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.

Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father's power, so we also may live a new Life.

If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.

The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us have done with the deeds of Darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of Light.

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.

For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,

Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

For God's Call to us does not permit of an impure life, but demands purity.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!

Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.

Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;

how they used to say to you-- 'As time draws to an end, there will be scoffers, who will be led by their godless passions.'

This

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

I have given them thy Message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

General references

And should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.

This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and man.

But far different is the lesson you learned from the Christ-- if, that is, you really listened to him,

Do you, however, speak of such subjects as properly have a place in sound Christian teaching.