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Titus 1:2 KJV
Titus · chapter 1 · verse 2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Titus 1:2 · King James Version
Titus 1:2 in context
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Commentary
Cross references
- Numbers 23:19
- 2 Timothy 1:9
- 1 John 2:25
- Hebrews 6:17-18
- 1 John 5:11-13
- 2 Timothy 1:1
- Titus 2:13
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Key words (Strong's)
- promisedepangellomaito announce that one is about to do or furnish something, to promise to engage…G1861 →
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- beforeprobeforeG4253 →
- hopeelpisexpectation of evil, fear, expectation of good, hope, in the Christian sense, joyful and…G1680 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here is the preface to the epistle, showing, I. The writer. Paul, a Gentile name taken by the apostle of the Gentiles, Act 13:9, Act 13:46, Act 13:47. Ministers will accommodate even smaller matters, so that they may be any furthering of acceptance in their work.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4