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Titus 2

Titus 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
gave
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
s himself
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
for
huper (Greek #5228)
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
KJV usage: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very. In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.
Pronounce: hoop-er'
Origin: a primary preposition
us
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
he might redeem
lutroo (Greek #3084)
to ransom (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: redeem.
Pronounce: loo-tro'-o
Origin: from 3083
us
hemas (Greek #2248)
us
KJV usage: our, us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mas'
Origin: accusative case plural of 1473
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
t iniquity
anomia (Greek #458)
illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness
KJV usage: iniquity, X transgress(-ion of) the law, unrighteousness.
Pronounce: an-om-ee'-ah
Origin: from 459
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
purify
katharizo (Greek #2511)
to cleanse (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (make) clean(-se), purge, purify.
Pronounce: kath-ar-id'-zo
Origin: from 2513
u unto himself
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
a peculiar
periousios (Greek #4041)
being beyond usual, i.e. special (one's own)
KJV usage: peculiar.
Pronounce: per-ee-oo'-see-os
Origin: from the present participle feminine of a compound of 4012 and 1510
v people
laos (Greek #2992)
a people (in general; thus differing from 1218, which denotes one's own populace)
KJV usage: people.
Pronounce: lah-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, zealous
zelotes (Greek #2207)
a "zealot"
KJV usage: zealous.
Pronounce: dzay-lo-tace'
Origin: from 2206
w of good
kalos (Greek #2570)
properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from 18, which is properly intrinsic)
KJV usage: X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Pronounce: kal-os'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
works
ergon (Greek #2041)
toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
KJV usage: deed, doing, labour, work.
Pronounce: er'-gon
Origin: from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (to work)
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Eph. 5:2• 2even as the Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for an odour of sweet smell. (Eph. 5:2)
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Psa. 130:8•  (Psa. 130:8)
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Heb. 9:14• 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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Deut. 7:6•  (Deut. 7:6)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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gave.
Matt. 20:28• 28{i}as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.{/i} (Matt. 20:28)
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John 6:51• 51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If one shall have eaten of this bread, he shall live forever. Yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. (John 6:51)
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John 10:15• 15even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep. (John 10:15)
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Gal. 1:4• 4that gave himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us out of the present evil age according to the will of our God and Father, (Gal. 1:4)
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Gal. 2:20• 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20)
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Gal. 3:13• 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”) (Gal. 3:13)
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Eph. 5:2,23‑27• 2even as the Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for an odour of sweet smell.
 23for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly: he [is] the saviour of the body.
 24But as the assembly is subject to the Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything.
 25Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for it,
 26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] by the washing of water in [the] word,
 27that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:2,23‑27)
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1 Tim. 1:15• 15Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. (1 Tim. 1:15)
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1 Tim. 2:6• 6who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times, (1 Tim. 2:6)
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Heb. 9:14• 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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1 Peter 3:18• 18Because even Christ once suffered for sins, just for unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
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Rev. 1:5• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; (Rev. 5:9)
that.
Gen. 48:16•  (Gen. 48:16)
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Psa. 130:8•  (Psa. 130:8)
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Ezek. 36:25•  (Ezek. 36:25)
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Matt. 1:21• 21{i}And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.{/i} (Matt. 1:21)
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Rom. 11:26‑27• 26and so all Israel shall be saved, even as it is written, “There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; he shall turn away ungodlinesses from Jacob.
 27And this [is] for them the covenant on my part, when I shall have taken away their sins.” (Rom. 11:26‑27)
purify.
Mal. 3:3•  (Mal. 3:3)
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Matt. 3:12• 12{i}whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.{/i} (Matt. 3:12)
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Acts 15:9• 9and he put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. (Acts 15:9)
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Heb. 9:14• 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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James 4:8• 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)
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1 Peter 1:22• 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, (1 Peter 1:22)
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1 John 3:2• 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. (1 John 3:2)
unto.
Acts 15:14• 14Simeon has rehearsed how God first visited [the] Gentiles to take out of [them] a people for his name. (Acts 15:14)
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Rom. 14:7‑8• 7For none of us liveth to himself and none dieth to himself;
 8for both if we should live, to the Lord we live, and if we die, to the Lord we die; therefore, both if we should live and if we should die, we are the Lord's. (Rom. 14:7‑8)
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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• 14For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead;
 15and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)
peculiar.
Ex. 15:16•  (Ex. 15:16)
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Ex. 19:5‑6•  (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Deut. 7:6•  (Deut. 7:6)
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Deut. 14:2•  (Deut. 14:2)
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Deut. 26:18•  (Deut. 26:18)
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Psa. 135:4•  (Psa. 135:4)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
zealous.
Titus 2:7• 7in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in the teaching uncorruptness, gravity, (Titus 2:7)
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Titus 3:8• 8Faithful [is] the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men; (Titus 3:8)
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Num. 25:13•  (Num. 25:13)
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Acts 9:36• 36Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being interpreted is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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1 Tim. 2:10• 10but, what becometh women professing godliness, by good works. (1 Tim. 2:10)
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1 Tim. 6:18• 18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, ready to communicate, (1 Tim. 6:18)
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Heb. 10:24• 24and let us consider one another for provoking love and good works, (Heb. 10:24)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12having your behaviour comely among the Gentiles; that in what they speak against you as evil-doers, they, as observing, may from your comely works glorify God in [the] day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
• It is wondrous that He should care to have us, or make much of such a possession. What joy to the heart that He values us I May we be encouraged for this the more to be zealous of good works, not benevolent only but honorable and comely, not of forms or ordinances like Jews, nor of false gods like Gentiles. (“On Titus 2:13-15” by W. Kelly)
• We belong to Him as His peculiar portion, His possession in the world; animated with the love that is in Him, in order to do good to others and bear testimony to His grace. (“Titus 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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who gavem himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "has given." Aorist.

W. Kelly Translation

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who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.