Titus 3:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

This is a true sayege. Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly, that they which are become beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell in good workes: for these thinges are good and profitable vnto me.

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  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 For this is a true sayenge, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christ Iesus came in to ye worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chefe.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 which gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, to be feruently geuen vnto good workes.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farre forth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull.
  • Ps 16:2-3 : 2 I haue sayde vnto ye LORDE: thou art my God, my goodes are nothinge vnto the. 3 All my delyte is vpon the sanctes that are in the earth, and vpon soch like.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.
  • 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith (acordinge as it is wrytten: I beleued, and therfore haue I spoke.) we also beleue, & therfore we speake,
  • 2 Cor 9:12-15 : 12 For the hadreachinge of this colleccion not onely suppleeth the nede off the sayntes, but also is abudaunt herin, that for this laudable mynistracion many mighte geue thakes vnto God, 13 and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men, 14 and in their prayer for you, which longe after you, for the abundaunt grace of God in you. 15 Thankes be vnto God for his vnoutspeakeable gifte.
  • Job 22:2 : 2 Maye a man be copared vnto God in wy?dome, though he seme to himself, for to be like him?
  • Job 35:7-8 : 7 Yf thou be rightuous, what geuest thou him? Or, what receaueth he of thy handes? 8 Of soch an vngodly personne as thou, & of ye sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be:
  • Ps 78:22 : 22 When the LORDE herde this, he was wroth: so the fyre was kyndled in Iacob, and heuy displeasure agaynst Israel.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false wytnesse shal perishe, but he yt wilbe content to heare, shal allwaye haue power to speake himself.
  • John 5:24 : 24 Verely verely I saye vnto you: Who so heareth my worde, and beleueth him that sent me, hath euerlastinge life, and cometh not in to damnacion, but is passed thorow from death vnto life.
  • John 12:44 : 44 Iesus cryed and sayde: He that beleueth on me, beleueth not on me, but on him that sent me.
  • Acts 12:15 : 15 But they sayde vnto her: Thou art mad. Neuertheles she abode by it, that is was so. They sayde: it is his angell.
  • Phlm 1:11 : 11 which in tyme past was to the vnprofitable, but now profitable both to the and me.
  • 1 John 5:10-13 : 10 He that beleueth on ye sonne of God, hath the wytnes in him selfe. He that beleueth not God, hath made him a lyar. 11 And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne. 12 He that hath the sonne of God, hath life: He that hath not the sonne of God, hath not life. 13 These thinges haue I wrytte vnto you, which beleue on the name of the sonne of God, that ye maye knowe, how that ye haue eternall life, and that ye maye beleue on ye name of the sonne of God.
  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Warne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite, to obey the officers, to be ready vnto all good workes,
  • Titus 1:9 : 9 and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge, & to improue them that saye agaynst it.
  • 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 which thorow him beleue on God, that raysed him vp from the deed, and hath geue him the glory, that ye might haue faith & hope in God:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farre forth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull.

  • 1 Tim 4:8-9
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    8 For bodely exercyse profyteth litle, but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now, and of the life for to come.

    9 This is a sure sayenge, & of all partes worthy to be receaued.

  • 10 nether to be pykers, but to shewe all good faithfulnes, that in all thinges they maye do worshippe vnto the doctryne off God oure Sauioure.

  • 6 Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges, thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ, which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne, which thou hast folowed hither to.

  • 9 As for folish questions, and genealogies, and braulynges and stryuynges aboute ye lawe, auoyde the, for they are vnprofitable and vayne.

  • 1 This is a true sayege: Yf a ma covet ye office of a Bisshoppe, he desyreth a good worke.

  • 8 For yf these thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in ye knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

  • Titus 2:7-8
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    7 Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes, with vncorrupte doctryne, with honestye, with the wholsome

    8 worde which can not be rebuked: that he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse.

  • 15 These thinges exercyse, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increase maye be manifest vnto euery man.

  • 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope.

  • 11 Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach.

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    18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll:

    19 gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.

  • 9 and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne: that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge, & to improue them that saye agaynst it.

  • 10 but with soch as it becommeth weme that professe godlynes thorow good workes.

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    13 This witnesse is true. Wherfore rebuke them sharply, yt they maye be sounde in the faith,

    14 and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men, which turne them awaye from the trueth.

  • 7 And these thinges commaunde, that they maye be without blame.

  • 14 But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned, which also were comytted vnto the, seynge thou knowest of who thou hast learned them,

  • 10 Whyle we haue tyme therfore, let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto the which are of ye housholde of faith.

  • 3 For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

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    11 But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes:

    12 fighte a good fighte of faith: laye honde on eternall life, where vnto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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    14 Of these thinges put thou them in remebraunce, and testifye before the LORDE, that they stryue not aboute wordes, which is to no profit, but to peruerte the hearers.

    15 Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman, that nedeth not to be ashamed, deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly.

  • 17 that a man off God maye be perfecte, and prepared vnto all good workes.

  • 2 And what thinges thou hast herde of me by many witnesses, the same commytte thou vnto faithfull men, which are apte to teach other.

  • 7 namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life:

  • 12 Therfore wil I not be necliget to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soch thinges: though ye knowe them youre selues, and be stablished in the present trueth.

  • Rom 14:18-19
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    18 He that in these thinges serueth Christ, pleaseth God, & is comended of me.

    19 Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace, & thinges wherwith one maye edifye another.

  • 4 nether geue hede to fables and genealogies, which are endlesse, and brede doutes more then godly edifyenge, which is by faith.

  • 1 Warne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite, to obey the officers, to be ready vnto all good workes,

  • 16 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.

  • 5 My beloued, thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to straugers,

  • 21 and therfore make we prouision for honest thinges, not onely before the LORDE, but also before men.

  • 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, yt ye in all thinges hauynge sufficiet to the vttemost, maye be riche to all maner of good workes.

  • Titus 2:1-2
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    1 Bvt speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learnynge.

    2 That ye elder men be sober, honest, discrete, sounde in the faith, in loue, in pacience.

  • 9 Neuertheles (ye dearly beloued) we trust to se better of you, and yt saluacio is nyer, though we thus speake.

  • 6 that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the, thorow knowlege of all ye good that ye haue in Christ Iesu.

  • 12 and teacheth vs, that we shulde denye vngodlynes, and wordly lustes: and that we shulde lyue discretly, righteously, and godly in this worlde,

  • 13 Holde the after ye ensample of the wholsome wordes, which thou heardest of me, concernynge faith and loue in Christ Iesu.

  • 6 so that we coulde not but desyre Titus, that like as he had begonne afore he wolde euen so accomplish the same beniuolence amonge you.

  • 10 that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God:

  • 18 This commaundement commytte I vnto the (my sonne Timotheus) acordinge to ye prophecies which in tyme past were prophecied of the, that thou in them shuldest fighte a good fighte,

  • 6 and am surely certified of this, yt he which hath begonne that good worke in you, shal go forth with it vntyll ye daye of Iesus Christ:

  • 14 What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him?