Titus 2:12

Sound Instruction And Consistent Behavior

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people, ¹² instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Titus

Romans 6:19

I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Psalm 4:3

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Ezekiel 33:14-15

“So when I tell the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right—

Ezekiel 36:27

I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.

Matthew 3:8-10

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness
in His presence all our days.

Matthew 5:19-20

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Luke 1:6

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

Luke 3:9-13

Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John 6:25

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

John 17:14-15

I have given them Your word.
The world hated them
because they are not of the world,
as I am not of the world.

Acts 24:16

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

Acts 24:25

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

Romans 6:4-6

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires.

Romans 8:13

for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 13:12-13

The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

2 Corinthians 1:12

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 1:4

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love

Ephesians 2:2

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

Ephesians 4:22-25

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

Colossians 1:22

But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him—

Colossians 3:5-9

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth; instead, you should be an example to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

Hebrews 8:11

And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,
and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know Me,
from the least to the greatest of them.

James 4:8-10

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

1 Peter 1:14-18

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

1 Peter 2:11-12

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.

1 Peter 4:2-5

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

2 Peter 1:4-8

By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness

1 John 2:6

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:27

The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as He has taught you, remain in Him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.

Jude 1:18

they told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers walking according to their own ungodly desires.”

Revelation 14:12

This demands the perseverance of the saints, who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.”

Psalm 105:45

All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.
Hallelujah!

Ezekiel 18:30-31

“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so they will not be a stumbling block that causes your punishment.