Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
KJV
θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται, βδελυκτοὶ ὄντες καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἀδόκιμοι.
Greek NT
Confitentur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant : cum sint abominati, et incredibiles, et ad omne opus bonum reprobi.
Vulgate
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
ASV
They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.
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8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many of the more careless sort of persons, using the lovingkindness of God to increase the magnitude of their sins and the excess of their disregard, speak in this way, There is no hell, there is no future punishment, God forgives us all sins. To stop whose mouths a wise man says, Say not, His mercy is great, He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins; for mercy and wr…
1. Nothing is placed in the Holy Scriptures without a reason, for they were uttered by the Holy Ghost, therefore let us enquire exactly into every point. For it is possible from one expression to find out the entire meaning (of a passage), as in the case before us. Many of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say no…
1. When having become virtuous we are persecuted by the wicked, or when being desirous of virtue we are mocked at by them, let us not be distracted or angry. For this is the natural course of things, and everywhere virtue is wont to engender hatred from wicked men. For envying those who desire to live properly, and thinking to prepare an excuse for themselves if they can overth…
Chapter 1.— This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric. 1. This work of mine, which is entitled On Christian Doctrine, was at the commencement divided into two parts. For, after a preface, in which I answered by anticipation those who were likely to take exception to the work, I said, There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascer…
Is martyrdom an act of virtue? Of what virtue is it the act? The perfection of this act The pain of martyrdom Its cause Article 1. Whether martyrdom is an act of virtue? Objection 1. It seems that martyrdom is not an act of virtue. For all acts of virtue are voluntary. But martyrdom is sometimes not voluntary, as in the case of the Innocents who were slain for Christ's sake, an…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:4 — He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- 1John 2:4 — He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- 1Sam 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 1Sam 15:24 — And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
- 1Tim 1:9 — Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of moth
- 1Tim 1:9 — Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of moth
- 1Tim 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
- 1Tim 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
- 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2Sam 15:12 — And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with
- 2Tim 3:5 — Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- 2Tim 3:5 — Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
- 2Tim 3:8 — Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
- Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
- Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
- Heb 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
- Hos 8:2 — Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Hos 8:2 — Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
- Isa 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but n
- Isa 58:2 — Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in appr
- Isa 58:2 — Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in appr
- Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- Jer 5:2 — And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- Jer 6:30 — Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
- Jer 12:2 — Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
- Jer 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
- Job 15:16 — How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
- Job 18:21 — Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our
- Judg 2:10 — And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
- Luke 13:26 — Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
- Luke 20:47 — Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
- Mark 7:6 — He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 21:19 — And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered
- Matt 21:30 — And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- Matt 23:3 — All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
- Matt 26:10 — When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.