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Titus 1:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work. "
Titus 1:16
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14 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
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Titus 1:1
"Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,"
Titus 1:2
"in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;"
Titus 1:3
"but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,"
Titus 1:4
"to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior."
Titus 1:5
"I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—"
Titus 1:6
"if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior."
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