Titus 1:15 “To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving,…”

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled.

Darby Translation

All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Young's Literal Translation

all things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast [is] nothing pure, but of them defiled [are] even the mind and the conscience;

Bible in Basic English

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

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Cross references

“the pure”

Romans 14:14 Romans 14:20 1 Corinthians 10:23 Acts 10:15 1 Corinthians 10:31 Luke 11:39–41

Romans 14:14 · BSB

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

Romans 14:20 · BSB

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

1 Corinthians 10:23 · BSB

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

Acts 10:15 · BSB

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

1 Corinthians 10:31 · BSB

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Luke 11:39–41 · BSB

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

“but”

Matthew 15:18 Romans 14:23 Proverbs 21:4 1 Corinthians 11:27–29 Haggai 2:13 Zechariah 7:5

Matthew 15:18 · BSB

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

Romans 14:23 · BSB

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Proverbs 21:4 · BSB

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.

1 Corinthians 11:27–29 · BSB

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

Haggai 2:13 · BSB

So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

Zechariah 7:5 · BSB

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

“their”

1 Corinthians 8:7 Hebrews 10:22 Hebrews 9:14

1 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Hebrews 10:22 · BSB

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Also

1 Timothy 6:5

1 Timothy 6:5 · BSB

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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