Passage

Titus 3.4-6

Book: Titus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"2. to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men. 3. For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another."

"4. But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, 5. not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6. which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;"

"7. that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8. Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:" (Titus 3:2-8, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"2. to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3. For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another."

"4. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5. not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6. whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;"

"7. that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8. This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;" (Titus 3:2-8, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"2. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another."

"4. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, ^{love: or, pity} 5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6. Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; ^{abundantly: Gr. richly}"

"7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men." (Titus 3:2-8, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"2. of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome, gentle, showing all meekness to all men, 3. for we were once, also we, thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious, hating one another;"

"4. and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear 5. (not by works that [are] in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6. which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,"

"7. that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during. 8. Stedfast [is] the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works, who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men," (Titus 3:2-8, YLT)

Setting

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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.

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Quoted in

G4990 - soter

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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