Titus 1:16 “They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are…”

Titus 1:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

World English Bible

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

American Standard Version

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Geneva Bible 1599

They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

Darby Translation

They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

Young's Literal Translation

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

Bible in Basic English

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

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Cross references

“profess”

Isaiah 29:13 Ezekiel 33:31 2 Timothy 3:5–8 Jude 1:4 Isaiah 48:1 Isaiah 58:2

Isaiah 29:13 · BSB

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Ezekiel 33:31 · BSB

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

2 Timothy 3:5–8 · BSB

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

Jude 1:4 · BSB

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Ch…

Isaiah 48:1 · BSB

“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

Isaiah 58:2 · BSB

For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

“being”

Revelation 21:27 Revelation 21:8 Job 15:16

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Job 15:16 · BSB

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

“and disobedient”

Ephesians 5:6 1 Samuel 15:22 1 Samuel 15:24 1 Timothy 1:9

Ephesians 5:6 · BSB

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

1 Samuel 15:22 · BSB

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:24 · BSB

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

1 Timothy 1:9 · BSB

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

“unto”

Romans 1:28 Jeremiah 6:30 2 Timothy 3:8

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Jeremiah 6:30 · BSB

They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

2 Timothy 3:8 · BSB

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Also

1 John 2:4 1 Timothy 5:8

1 John 2:4 · BSB

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 Timothy 5:8 · BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

In context

15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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