# Titus 1.2 **Book:** [Titus](/codex/titus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, > > **2. in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;** > > 3. but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4. to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. (Titus 1:1-4, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, > > **2. in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;** > > 3. but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior; 4. to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. (Titus 1:1-4, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 1. Paul, 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; > > **2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; In: or, For** > > 3. But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 4. To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. (Titus 1:1-4, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety, > > **2. upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,** > > 3. (and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour, 4. to Titus, true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour! (Titus 1:1-4, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [An Omnipotent God Has No Moral Middle Ground](/codex/an-omnipotent-god-has-no-moral-middle-ground/) - [Argument from the Creation of Time](/codex/argument-from-the-creation-of-time/) - [Argument from the Reliability of Reason](/codex/argument-from-the-reliability-of-reason/) - [Fitness Beats Truth Argument](/codex/fitness-beats-truth-argument/) **Concepts:** - [Lesson 2.3, The Doctrine of God](/codex/lesson-2-3-the-doctrine-of-god/) - [Theories of Truth](/codex/theories-of-truth/) **Lexicon:** - [G2222 - zoe](/codex/g2222-zoe/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.