Titus 1:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They profess{G3670} that they know{G1492} God;{G2316} but{G1161} by their works{G2041} they deny{G720} him, being{G5607} abominable,{G947} and{G2532} disobedient,{G545} and{G2532} unto{G4314} every{G3956} good{G18} work{G2041} reprobate.{G96}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They profess{G3670}{(G5719)} that they know{G1492}{(G5760)} God{G2316}; but{G1161} in works{G2041} they deny{G720}{(G5736)} him, being{G5607}{(G5752)} abominable{G947}, and{G2532} disobedient{G545}, and{G2532} unto{G4314} every{G3956} good{G18} work{G2041} reprobate{G96}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their reverence for me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • 2 Tim 3:5-8 : 5 They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires. 7 Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth. They are corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 Hear this, house of Jacob, those who are called by the name of Israel and who have come out of Judah's lineage, who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 They cry out to me, 'My God, we know you, O Israel!' 3 Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
  • Num 24:16 : 16 'The oracle of one who hears the words of God and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees visions of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes uncovered.'
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, 'I have sinned. I disregarded the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.'
  • Jer 6:30 : 30 They are called rejected silver, for the LORD has rejected them.
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 We also know that the law is not made for the righteous but for the lawless and rebellious, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, and murderers,
  • Rom 2:18-24 : 18 and know His will and approve things that are excellent, being instructed from the law, 19 and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth— 21 You then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'

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