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Titus 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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βIn hope of eternal life, which God, thatd cannot lie, promised beforee the world began;*

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1 Sam. 15:29• ²⁹And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. (1 Sam. 15:29)

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Heb. 6:18• ¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)

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Matt. 25:34• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation. (Matt. 25:34)

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hope.

Titus 2:7,13• ⁷in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in the teaching uncorruptness, gravity,
¹³looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:7,13)

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Titus 3:7• ⁷that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7)

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John 5:39• ³⁹Search the scriptures, for ye think that ye have in them life eternal; and it is they that bear witness about me. (John 5:39)

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John 6:68• ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast words of life eternal; (John 6:68)

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Rom. 2:7• ⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life; (Rom. 2:7)

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Rom. 5:2,4• ²through whom also we have had the access into this grace wherein we stand, and boast in hope of the glory of God.
⁴and endurance proof, and proof hope: (Rom. 5:2,4)

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Col. 1:27• ²⁷to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:27)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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2 Tim. 1:1• ¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will according to promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, (2 Tim. 1:1)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation, that [is] in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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1 Peter 1:3‑4• ³Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead,
⁴unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you (1 Peter 1:3‑4)

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1 John 2:25• ²⁵And this is the promise which he promised us, life eternal. (1 John 2:25)

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1 John 3:2‑3• ²Beloved, now are we God's children, and not yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that if he should be manifested we shall be like him, because we shall see him even as he is.
³And every one that hath this hope on him purifieth himself even as he is pure. (1 John 3:2‑3)

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Jude 21• ²¹keep yourselves in [the] love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto life eternal. (Jude 21)

eternal.

Matt. 25:46• ⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:46)

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Mark 10:17,30• ¹⁷And as he went forth into the way, one ran up and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit life eternal?
³⁰that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the coming age life eternal. (Mark 10:17,30)

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John 3:15‑16• ¹⁵that every one that believeth on him should [not perish, but] have life eternal.
¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal. (John 3:15‑16)

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John 6:54• ⁵⁴He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day; (John 6:54)

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John 10:28• ²⁸and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand. (John 10:28)

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John 17:2• ²according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, everything which thou hast given him, he should give them life eternal. (John 17:2)

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Rom. 5:21• ²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:21)

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Rom. 6:23• ²³For the wages of sin [is] death, but the free gift of God life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 6:23)

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1 Tim. 6:12,19• ¹²Combat the good combat of faith; lay hold on the life eternal whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
¹⁹laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the real life. (1 Tim. 6:12,19)

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1 John 5:11‑13,20• ¹¹And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
¹²He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
¹³These things I wrote to you that ye may know that ye that believe on the name of the Son of God have life eternal.
²⁰And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal. (1 John 5:11‑13,20)

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Num. 23:19• ¹⁹Elohim is not a man, that he should lie;{HR}Neither the son of man, that he should repent:{HR}Hath he said, and shall he not do it?{HR}Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Num. 23:19)

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1 Sam. 15:29• ²⁹And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. (1 Sam. 15:29)

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1 Thess. 2:15• ¹⁵who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men, (1 Thess. 2:15)

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2 Tim. 2:15• ¹⁵Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, a workman not to be ashamed, cutting straightly the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:15)

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Heb. 6:17‑18• ¹⁷Wherein God willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel,
¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:17‑18)

promised.

2 Tim. 1:1,9• ¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will according to promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
⁹who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:1,9)

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Rev. 17:8• ⁸The beast which thou sawest was and is not, and is to rise up out of the abyss and go into perdition: and they shall wonder that dwell on the earth, of whom the name is not written in the book of life from the world's foundation, when they behold the beast that he was and is not and shall be present. (Rev. 17:8)

before.

Prov. 8:23‑31• ²³I was set up from everlasting,{HR}From the beginning, before the earth was.
²⁴When no depths were, I was brought forth,{HR}When there were no fountains abounding with water.
²⁵Before the mountains were settled,{HR}Before the hills was I brought forth;
²⁶While as yet he had not made the earth,{HR}Nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
²⁷When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there;{HR}When he set the circle upon the face of the deep;
²⁸When he established the skies above;{HR}When the fountains of the deep became strong;
²⁹When he imposed on the sea his decree,{HR}That the waters should not pass his commandment;{HR}When he appointed the foundations of the earth:
³⁰Then I was by him, a nursling ,{HR}And I was daily his delight,{HR}Rejoicing always before him;
³¹Rejoicing in the habitable world of his earth,{HR}And my delights [were] with the sons of men. (Prov. 8:23‑31)

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Matt. 25:34• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation. (Matt. 25:34)

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John 17:24• ²⁴Father, that what thou hast given me, I desire that, where I am, they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before [the] world's foundation. (John 17:24)

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Acts 15:18• ¹⁸known from the beginning of the world. (Acts 15:18)

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Rom. 16:25• ²⁵Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to [the] revelation of [the] mystery kept secret in everlasting times, (Rom. 16:25)

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1 Peter 1:20‑23• ²⁰foreknown indeed before [the] world's foundation, but manifested at [the] last of the times for your sake,
²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God,
²²purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently,
²³having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through God's living and abiding word. (1 Peter 1:20‑23)

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Rev. 13:8• ⁸And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, of whom the name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain, from the world's foundation. (Rev. 13:8)

• That hope of life eternal is realized now, and in a way altogether superior to the testimony of the prophets (Psa. 133, Dan. 12). For he proceeds to show that the promise which the christian actually enjoys, goes not merely beyond the prophets, or the human race on earth, but back into eternity. This was necessarily a promise within the Godhead. The God that knew no falsehood promised it before the times of the ages. (“On Titus 1:2-3” by W. Kelly)

• Here, however, the Apostle does not dwell so much on heavenly association as on the wondrous fact that the life of the christian is life eternal, promised before the world began, outside of times or dispensations in God's dealings with man on the earth. It derives its character from Him Who is eternal, The Way and the Truth, the Head, center, expression, and object of all the purposes of God. This we have now, as we shall have it in glory with Himself. (“On Titus 1:2-3” by W. Kelly)

• It was not a development of Judaism, but the revelation of a life and of a promise of life which subsisted (that is, in Christ, the object of the divine counsels) before the world was. (“Titus 1” by J.N. Darby)

• That which formed the hope of this faith was not earthly prosperity, a numerous posterity, the earthly blessing of a people whom God acknowledged as His own. It was life eternal, promised of God in Christ before the world was, outside the world. (“Titus 1” by J.N. Darby)

• “Promised before the world began” is a remarkable and important expression. One is admitted into the thoughts of God before the existence of this changing and mingled scene, which bears witness of the frailty and sin of the creature—of the patience of God, and His ways in grace and in government. (“Titus 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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ind the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

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Epi. the condition under which the apostolic mission exists.

W. Kelly Translation

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upon hope of life eternal which God that cannot lie promised before the times of the agesa,

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Or, "times everlasting." This is a phrase peculiar in itself and difficult to transfuse well and truly into English. "Eternal" is clear, as said of God, life, punishment of sin, etc. But in combination with "times" it appears harsh, as in , and still more where it is preceded by "before" as in and here. Perhaps indeed "times everlasting" might be admissible; for although the KJV uses "eternal" and "everlasting" interchangeably, the latter is not necessarily so absolute as the former. We might say "before times everlasting" but hardly "before times eternal," and for more reasons than one. It is unfounded to conceive a difference of sense between its use in and .