Study Desk

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

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

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

But "when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

For to which of the angels did God ever say, " You are my son! Today I have fathered you "? And in another place he says, " I will be his father and he will be my son ."