Titus 1:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου, ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς Θεὸς, πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων·

Transliteration

Upon elpidi zōēs aiōniou, which epēngeilato the apseudēs Theos, before chronōn aiōniōn

Grammar Details

• *Ep'*: preposition + dative (elided form) - upon/on the basis of
• *elpidi*: dative, feminine, singular - hope
• *zōēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of life
• *aiōniou*: genitive, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting
• *hēn*: accusative, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - which
• *epēngeilato*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - promised
• *ho*: nominative, masculine, singular article - the
• *apseudēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - not lying/truthful
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *pro*: preposition + genitive - before
• *chronōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of times
• *aiōniōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - eternal/of ages

Word Meanings

• *elpidi*: hope/expectation
• *zōēs*: life/existence
• *aiōniou*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *epēngeilato*: promised/announced/declared
• *apseudēs*: not lying/truthful/cannot lie
• *chronōn aiōniōn*: eternal times/ages past/times of ages

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  vpon the hope of eternall lyfe which lyfe God that cannot lye hath promised before the worlde begane:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  vpon the hope of eternall life: which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

• World English Bible (2000)

  in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works, but according to His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
• Titus 3:7 : 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life, and so that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
• Heb 6:17-18 : 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
• 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 For this reason, I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory.
• 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
• Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 Moreover, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.
• Prov 8:23-31 : 23 From eternity I was established, from the beginning, before the origins of the earth. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs heavy with water. 25 Before the mountains were shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth. 26 Before He made the earth, the fields, or the first dust of the world. 27 When He established the heavens, I was there; when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep. 28 When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong. 29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth. 30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman, delighting day by day, rejoicing always in His presence. 31 Rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in the sons of men.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Mark 10:17 : 17 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to him, knelt down before him, and asked, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
• Mark 10:30 : 30 'who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this present age—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—along with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
• John 3:15-16 : 15 so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
• John 5:39 : 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet it is they that testify about me.
• John 6:54 : 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
• John 6:68 : 68 Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• John 10:28 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
• John 17:2 : 2 Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Acts 15:18 : 18 '—things known long ago.'
• Rom 1:2 : 2 (which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures)
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
• Rom 5:2 : 2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
• Rom 5:4 : 4 And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.
• Col 1:27 : 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.
• 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
• 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of what is truly life.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel when they see the beast, because it was, is not, and yet is.
• Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things, present yourself as an example of good works, with integrity, dignity, and incorruptibility in your teaching.
• 1 Pet 1:20-23 : 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.