Titus 1:16

Titus 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

Context of Titus 1:16

14and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. 15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Titus 1:16 word by word

θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται βδελυκτοὶ ὄντες καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἀδόκιμοι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• They professὁμολογέωhomologeō · to confess/professG3670
• that they knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• butδέde · thenG1161
• in worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• they denyἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• abominableβδελυκτόςbdeluktos · abominableG947
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• disobedientἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• reprobateἀδόκιμοςadokimos · failingG96

Commentaries on Titus 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16They profess that they know God - He still speaks concerning the unbelieving Jews, the seducing teachers, and those who had been seduced by their bad doctrine. None were so full of pretensions to the knowledge of the true God as the Jews. They would not admit that any other people could have this knowledge; nor did they believe that God ever did or ever would reveal himself to any other people; they supposed that to give the law and the prophets to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16They profess that they know God - That is, the Jewish teachers particularly, who are referred to in Titus 1:14. All those persons were professors of religion, and claimed that they had a special knowledge of God. But in works they deny him - Their conduct is such as to show that they have no real acquaintance with him. Being abominable - In their conduct. The word here used - ̀ bdeluktoi- occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means that which is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 False teachers are described. Faithful ministers must oppose such in good time, that their folly being made manifest, they may go no further They had a base end in what they did; serving a worldly interest under pretence of religion: for the love of money is the root of all evil. Such should be resisted, and put to shame, by sound doctrine from the Scriptures. Shameful actions, the reproach of heathens, should be far from Christians…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Sound teaching and godliness are always linked together in the letters to Timothy and Titus (see 1 Timothy 1:7–11; 3:15–16; 5:24–25; 2 Timothy 3:5, 9). Similarly, the ungodly way they live is connected with false teaching. any good deed: This contrasts with Titus 3:1.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. They profess--that is, make a profession acknowledging God. He does not deny their theoretical knowledge of God, but that they practically know Him. deny him--the opposite of the previous "profess" or "confess" Him (1Ti 5:8; 2Ti 2:12; 3:5). abominable--themselves, though laying so much stress on the contracting of abomination from outward things (compare Le 11:10-13; Ro 2:22). disobedient--to God (Tit 3:3; Ep 2:2; 5:6). reprobate--rejected as…Read the comment

Topics related to Titus 1:16

• Blindness
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Commentaries on Titus 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings