Titus 2:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Gave

Purify

Peculiar

1 Peter 2:9

Zealous

General references

Bible References

Gave

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.

who gave Himself for our sins, to save us from the present wicked world in accordance with the will of our God and Father;

I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ is living in me; the life I now live as a mortal man I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

It is a saying to be trusted and deserves our fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; and I am the foremost of them.

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was testified to at the proper time,

how much more surely will the blood of Christ, who with an eternal Spirit gave Himself a spotless offering to God, purify your consciences from works that mean mere death, to serve the ever living God?

For Christ Himself, once for all, died for our sins, the Innocent for the guilty to bring us to God, being put to death in physical form but made alive in the Spirit,

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the book and break its seals, because you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

Purify

His winnowing-fork is in His hand, and He will clean out His threshing-floor and store His wheat in His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with fire that never can be put out."

and in this way He put no difference between us and them, because He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Get your hands clean, you sinners. Get your hearts purified, you double-minded.

Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

Dearly beloved, we are now God's children, but what we are going to be has not been unveiled. We know that if it is unveiled, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

Peculiar

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.

Zealous

In everything you yourself continue to set them a worthy example of doing good; be sincere and serious in your teaching,

It is a message to be trusted, and I want you to be emphatic about these things, so that those who believe in God may be careful to take the lead in doing good. These things are right and render service to mankind.

At Joppa there was a woman, a disciple, whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek means Dorcas, that is, Gazelle. She had filled her life with good deeds and works of charity, which she was always doing.

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

but with good deeds; for this is appropriate for women who profess to be pious.

charge them to continue doing good and being rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous hearted,

Let us continue so to consider one another as to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.

Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.

General references

in holiness and uprightness In His own presence all our days.

For none of us can live alone by himself, and none of us can die alone by himself;

But this is not the way you have learned what Christ means,

You must continue telling the people what is proper for wholesome teaching: