the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Titus 1:16
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They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don't accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.
They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
They say they know God, but their actions show they do not accept him. They are hateful people, they refuse to obey, and they are useless for doing anything good.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being disgusting, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They profess to know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and void of judgment as to every good work.
They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.
Thei knoulechen that thei knowen God, but bi dedis thei denyen; whanne thei ben abhominable, and vnbileueful, and repreuable to al good werk.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove that they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.
They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.
They claim to know God, but with their actions they deny him. They are detestable and disobedient; they have proved themselves unfit to do anything good.
They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.Romans 1:28; 2 Timothy 3:5,8; Jude 1:4;">[xr]
And they profess to know Aloha, but in their works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work.
And they profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him; and they are odious, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobates.
They professe that they know God; but in workes they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
They say they know God, but by the way they act, they show that they do not. They are sinful people. They will not obey and are of no use for any good work.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
They profess to know God, but in works they deny him, and they are abominable, and disobedient, condemning every kind of good work.
God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.
They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.
They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny him, because they are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.
They profess to know God, but by their works they deny Him , being abominable and disobedient, and worthless to every good work.
God they profess to know, and in the works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.
They saye that they knowe God, but with the dedes they denye him: for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient, and vnmete to all good workes.
they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
There'll be many a cowboy and cowgirl who wear the cross and claim to know God, but the way they ride says something completely different. They deny God with their actions while claiming him with their words. These are charlatans, rustlers, and liars. I'd call them coyotes, but that would be too good for them.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
They profess to know God, but by their works they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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profess: Numbers 24:16, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 48:1, Isaiah 58:2, Ezekiel 33:31, Hosea 8:2, Hosea 8:3, Romans 2:18-24, 2 Timothy 3:5-8, Jude 1:4
being: Job 15:16, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 21:27
and disobedient: 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 15:24, Ephesians 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:9
unto: Jeremiah 6:30, Romans 1:28, 2 Timothy 3:8
reprobate: or, void of judgment
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then Leviticus 11:5 - but divideth Numbers 22:18 - If Balak Numbers 23:12 - General Deuteronomy 14:7 - General Joshua 24:27 - deny Judges 2:10 - knew not 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered Job 18:21 - knoweth Job 31:28 - for Psalms 14:1 - abominable Psalms 36:1 - The transgression Proverbs 30:12 - that are Jeremiah 5:2 - though Jeremiah 12:2 - near Jeremiah 22:16 - was not Zechariah 14:20 - shall there Matthew 7:21 - saith Matthew 21:19 - and found Matthew 21:30 - I go Matthew 23:3 - for Matthew 26:10 - a good Matthew 27:4 - What Mark 7:6 - honoureth Luke 13:26 - We Luke 20:47 - for Romans 2:20 - the form 2 Corinthians 13:5 - reprobates Philippians 3:2 - evil Colossians 1:21 - in your mind by 1 Timothy 5:8 - he hath 1 Timothy 6:5 - men Hebrews 4:11 - unbelief Hebrews 11:4 - a more James 2:14 - though 1 John 2:4 - I know
Cross-References
And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established;
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They profess that they know God,.... That there is a God; that there is but one, only, true, and living God, the God of Israel, as professed by the Jews; and that this God is Father, Son, and Spirit, as believed by the Christians: for the persons the apostle speaks of were judaizing Christians. Yet this knowledge was but notional; it lay in theory and profession only; they had not a spiritual experimental knowledge of God in Christ, which only has eternal life connected with it:
but in works they deny him. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "in their own works"; they were not professed, but practical atheists; they owned there was a God, and boasted of their knowledge of him; but their lives and conversations showed that they had no true knowledge of him, and that the fear of him was not before their eyes; these gave the lie to their profession; they practically denied that faith they professed to hold, and the power of godliness, of which they had the form.
Being abominable; in the sight of God, however esteemed by men; and notwithstanding the vizor and mask of sanctity and religion they put on, which could not screen them from the omniscience of God, who will one day declare he knows them not, and will bid them depart from him, being workers of iniquity.
And disobedient; to God; to his law, and Gospel; to his ministers and churches; and even to parents and civil magistrates; for of this cast were the false teachers, and their followers, as maybe learned from many passages.
And unto every good work reprobate: or "unaccustomed", unused to them, as the Arabic version renders it; or rather "without judgment", and understanding, concerning them; there was no good in them, nor was it in them to do good; to do good they had no knowledge, nor any inclination; they were unfit for it, and had not a capacity to perform it; they were not good themselves, and therefore could not do good; the tree must first be made good, ere its fruit will be good; they were without Christ, and without his Spirit, and grace, without which no man can do anything that is spiritually good; they had no true faith, and therefore what they did was sinful; they had neither right principles, from which, nor right ends to which they acted, and therefore were not qualified for the performance of good works; which require that men should be good men, created in Christ Jesus, be believers in him, and have principles of truth and love, and views to the glory of God.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They profess that they know God - That is, the Jewish teachers particularly, who are referred to in Titus 1:14. All those persons were professors of religion, and claimed that they had a special knowledge of God.
But in works they deny him - Their conduct is such as to show that they have no real acquaintance with him.
Being abominable - In their conduct. The word here used - βδελυκτοὶ bdeluktoi - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means that which is detestable, or to be held in abhorrence.
And disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate - Margin, “void of judgment.” On the word here used - ἀδοκίμος adokimos - see the Romans 1:28 note; 2 Corinthians 13:5 note. It means here that in reference to everything that was good, their conduct was such that it could not be approved, or deserved disapprobation. It was for this reason; from the character of the people of the island of Crete, and of those who claimed to be teachers there enforcing the obligation of the Mosaic law, that it was so important for Titus to exercise special care in introducing men into the ministry, and in completing the arrangements contemplated in the organization of the churches there. Yet is this character confined to them? Are there none now who profess that they know God, but in works deny him; whose conduct is such that it ought to be abhorred; who are disobedient to the plain commands of God, and whose character in respect to all that pertains to true piety is to be disapproved by the truly pious, and will be by God at the last day? Alas, taking the church at large, there are many such, and the fact that there are such persons is the grand hindrance to the triumphs of religion on the earth. “The way to heaven is blocked up by dead professors of religion.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Titus 1:16. They profess that they know God — He still speaks concerning the unbelieving Jews, the seducing teachers, and those who had been seduced by their bad doctrine. None were so full of pretensions to the knowledge of the true God as the Jews. They would not admit that any other people could have this knowledge; nor did they believe that God ever did or ever would reveal himself to any other people; they supposed that to give the law and the prophets to the Gentiles would be a profanation of the words of God. Hence they became both proud, uncharitable, and intolerant; and in this disposition they continue till the present day.
But in works they deny him] Their profession and practice were at continual variance. Full of a pretended faith, while utterly destitute of those works by which a genuine faith is accredited and proved. Dio Cassius represents Caesar as saying of his mutinous soldiers: Ονομα Ῥωμαιων εχοντας, εργα δε Κελτων δρωντας. "Having the name of Romans, while they had the manners of the Gauls." How near are those words to the saying of the apostle!
Being abominable — βδελυκτοι. This word sometimes refers to unnatural lusts.
And disobedient — απειθεις. Unpersuadable, unbelieving, and consequently disobedient. Characters remarkably applicable to the Jews through all their generations.
Unto every good work reprobate. — αδοκιμοι. Adulterate; like bad coin, deficient both in the weight and goodness of the metal, and without the proper sterling stamp; and consequently not current. If they did a good work, they did not do it in the spirit in which it should be performed. They had the name of God's people; but they were counterfeit. The prophet said; Reprobate silver shall men call them.
1. THOUGH the principal part of this chapter, and indeed of the whole epistle, may be found in nearly the same words in the First Epistle to Timothy, yet there are several circumstances here that are not so particularly noted in the other; and every minister of Christ will do well to make himself master of both; they should be carefully registered in his memory, and engraven on his heart.
2. The truth, which is according to godliness, in reference to eternal life, should be carefully regarded. The substantial knowledge of the truth must have faith for its foundation, godliness for its rule, and eternal life for its object and end. He who does not begin well, is never likely to finish fair. He who does not refer every thing to eternity, is never likely to live either well or happily in time.
3. There is one subject in this chapter not sufficiently attended to by those who have the authority to appoint men to ecclesiastical offices; none should be thus appointed who is not able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers. The powers necessary for this are partly natural, partly gracious, and partly acquired. 1. If a man have not good natural abilities, nothing but a miracle from heaven can make him a proper preacher of the Gospel; and to make a man a Christian minister, who is unqualified for any function of civil life, is sacrilege before God. 2. If the grace of God do not communicate ministerial qualifications, no natural gifts, however splendid, can be of any avail. To be a successful Christian minister, a man must feel the worth of immortal souls in such a way as God only can show it, in order to spend and be spent in the work. He who has never passed through the travail of the soul in the work of regeneration in his own heart, can never make plain the way of salvation to others. 3. He who is employed in the Christian ministry should cultivate his mind in the most diligent manner; he can neither learn nor know too much. If called of God to be a preacher, (and without such a call he had better be a galley slave,) he will be able to bring all his knowledge to the assistance and success of his ministry. If he have human learning, so much the better; if he be accredited, and appointed by those who have authority in the Church, it will be to his advantage; but no human learning, no ecclesiastical appointment, no mode of ordination, whether Popish, Episcopal, Protestant, or Presbyterian, can ever supply the Divine unction, without which he never can convert and build up the souls of men. The piety of the flock must be faint and languishing when it is not animated by the heavenly zeal of the pastor; they must be blind if he be not enlightened; and their faith must be wavering when he can neither encourage nor defend it.
4. In consequence of the appointment of improper persons to the Christian ministry, there has been, not only a decay of piety, but also a corruption of religion. No man is a true Christian minister who has not grace, gifts, and fruit; if he have the grace of God, it will appear in his holy life and godly conversation. If to this he add genuine abilities, he will give full proof of his ministry; and if he give full proof of his ministry, he will have fruit; the souls of sinners will be converted to God through his preaching, and believers will be built up on their most holy faith. How contemptible must that man appear in the eyes of common sense, who boasts of his clerical education, his sacerdotal order, his legitimate authority to preach, administer the Christian sacraments, c., while no soul is benefited by his ministry! Such a person may have legal authority to take tithes, but as to an appointment from God, he has none else his word would be with power, and his preaching the means of salvation to his perishing hearers.
