Titus 2:12 Cross References - Lamsa

¹² It teaches us to renounce ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world soberly, righteously, and in godliness;

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits which are worthy of repentance; ⁹ And do not think and say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ Behold, the axe is already placed at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree which bears not good fruits shall be cut down and dropped in the fire.

¹⁹ Whoever therefore tries to weaken even one of these smallest commandments, and teaches men so, he shall be regarded as small in the kingdom of heaven; but anyone who observes and teaches them, he shall be regarded as great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, He who wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

²⁰ And teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, to the end of the world. Amen.

⁶ They were both righteous before God, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord without blame.

⁷⁵ In justice and righteousness all our days.

⁹ Behold, the axe is already placed at the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bears not good fruits will be cut down and dropped in the fire. ¹⁰ And the people asked him saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ He answered and said to them, He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has not; and he who has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ He said to them, Do not exact anything more over what is commanded you to exact.

²⁵ And when they found him at the seaport, they said to him, Teacher, when did you come here?

³⁰ Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world comes; and yet he has nothing against me.

¹⁴ I have given them your word; and the world hated them, because they were not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ What I request is not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should protect them from evil.

¹⁶ For this reason, I labor to have always a clear conscience before God and before men.

²⁵ And as he spoke with them concerning righteousness, holiness, and the judgment to come, FeÆlix was filled with fear, and said, You may go, and when I have opportunity I will send for you.

⁴ Therefore, we are buried with him by baptism into death: so that as Jesus Christ arose from the dead by the glory of his Father, even so we also shall walk in a new life. ⁵ For if we have been planted together with him in the likeness of his death, so shall we be also in the likeness of his resurrection: ⁶ For we know, that our old selves are crucified with him, so that the sinful body might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

¹² Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof.

¹⁹ I speak after the manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members to the servitude of uncleanness and iniquity, so now yield your members to the servitude of righteousness and holiness.

¹³ For if you live after the flesh, you will die: but if you, through the Spirit, subdue the deeds of the body, you shall live.

² Do not imitate the way of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, that you may discern what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

¹² The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk decently, as in the daylight; not in clamor and drunkenness, not in the practice of immorality, not in envy and strife.

⁹ Do you not know that the wicked shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not misled: neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the corrupt, nor men who lie down with males, ¹⁰ Nor extortioners, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor grafters, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And some of these evils were to be found in some of you, but you have been cleansed, and have been sanctified, and made righteous in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God.

¹² For our joy is this, the testimony of our conscience, in sincerity and in purity with the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in this world, and not through the wisdom of the flesh; and above all, we have so dealt with you.

¹ HAVING therefore these promises, my beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and let us serve in holiness in the fear of God.

⁴ Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God our Father:

²⁴ And those who belong to Christ have controlled their weaknesses and passions.

⁴ Just as from the beginning he has chosen us through him, before the foundation of the world, that we may become holy and without blemish before him.

² In which you previously walked according to the worldly course of this world, and according to the will of the supreme ruler of the air, the spirit which is active in the children of disobedience.

²² That you lay aside all your former practices, that is to say, the old man which is degenerated with deceitful lusts; ²³ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; ²⁴ And that you put on the new man, who is created by God in righteousness and true holiness. ²⁵ Wherefore you must put away from you lying, and speak the truth every man with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

²² Through the sacrifice of his body and his death, so that he may raise you before him, holy, and without reproach and blameless:

⁵ Mortify therefore your earthly members: immorality, uncleanness, intemperate desires, evil lusts, and covetousness, for these are idolatry; ⁶ And it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. ⁷ In the past you also lived among these things, and you were perverted by them. ⁸ But now put off from you all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, foul conversation. ⁹ Do not lie one to another, but put away the old life with all its practices;

⁷ For God has not called you unto uncleanness but unto holiness.

⁹ Now concerning brotherly love, you do not need me to write to you for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

¹² Let no man despise your youth; but you be an example to believers, in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, and in purity.

¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this world, that they be not proud, nor trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God who gives us all things so abundantly for our comfort;

¹² Likewise, all those who wish to live a godly life in Jesus Christ shall suffer persecution.

¹⁰ For DeÆmas has forsaken me, having loved this world, and has gone to Thes-salo- niÆca; CresÆcens to Ga-laÆtia; Titus to DalmaÆtia.

³ For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, misled, and serving divers lusts and passions, living in malice and envy, hated, and also hating one another.

¹¹ And no man shall teach his neighbor, neither his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for all shall know me, from the youngest to the oldest.

⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, O you sinners! And purify your hearts, O you of doubtful mind! ⁹ Humble yourselves, and mourn; let your laughter be turned to weeping, and your joy to sorrow. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the LORD and he shall lift you up.

¹⁴ Like obedient children, not partakers again in those sinful desires for which you once lusted in your ignorance: ¹⁵ But be you holy in all your conduct, as he who has called you is holy; ¹⁶ Because it is written, Be you holy, even as I am holy. ¹⁷ And if you call on the Father, who is impartial and who judges every man according to his works, conduct yourselves reverently during the time of your sojourning here: ¹⁸ Knowing that you have not been redeemed from your empty works which you have received from your fathers by corruptible silver and gold;

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul; ¹² And let your conduct be good before all men, so that those who speak evil words against you, may see your good works and glorify God at the day of trial.

² That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. ³ For the time past sufficed to have wrought the will of the pagans when you lived in lasciviousness, drunkenness, revellings, indecent singing, and worship of idols. ⁴ And behold, they think it strange that you do not indulge with them in the past excesses, and they blaspheme against you. ⁵ And they shall answer to God who is to judge the quick and the dead.

⁴ Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; ⁶ And to knowledge, self-control; and to selfcontrol, patience; and to patience; godliness; ⁷ And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For when these things are found among you and abound, you are not empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁹ The LORD knows how to deliver from distress those who revere him, and he will reserve the wicked to be punished at the judgment day.

²⁰ For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through knowledge of our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled by these very things, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. ²¹ Verily it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment that was delivered to them. ²² It will come to pass with them according to the true proverb, The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

¹¹ Now since all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in your holy conduct and godliness,

⁶ He who says, he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the body, and the covetousness of the eyes, and the pride of material things; does not come from the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he who does the will of God abides forever.

²⁷ And you also, if the anointing which you have received from him abides among you, need no one to teach you: that same anointing which is of God, will teach you all things; it is a truth, and there is no lie in it; and even as I have taught you, abide in it.

¹⁹ And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

¹⁸ How they told you there will be mockers until the end of time, and they will always follow their own ungodly lusts.

¹² Here is the patience of the saints: here are they who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.