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They professὁμολογοῦσινto knowεἰδέναιGod,θεὸνbutδὲby their worksτοῖς ἔργοιςthey deny him,ἀρνοῦνταιbeingὄντεςdetestableβδελυκτοὶandκαὶdisobedientἀπειθεῖςandκαὶunfitἀδόκιμοιforπρὸςanyπᾶνgoodἀγαθὸνwork.ἔργον
Titus 1:16
Study it in the app“They profess to know God, but by their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.”
With the Greek beneath
Titus 1:16, word by word
- They professὁμολογοῦσινhomologousin
confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologousin” appears- to knowεἰδέναιeidenai
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “eidenai” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- by their worksἔργοιςergois
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergois” appears- they deny himἀρνοῦνταιarnountai
disown
To claim you do not know someone, turn your back on them.
Where else “arnountai” appears- beingὄντεςontes
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontes” appears- detestableβδελυκτοὶbdelyktoi
detestable
Detestable, abominable.
Where else “bdelyktoi” appears- disobedientἀπειθεῖςapeitheis
disobedient
Disobedient.
Where else “apeitheis” appears- unfitἀδόκιμοιadokimoi
disqualified, unfit
Disqualified: failing the test and so rejected; worthless, unfit.
Where else “adokimoi” appears- goodἀγαθὸνagathon
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathon” appears
The context
15All things are clean to the clean; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; rather, both their mind and conscience have been defiled.
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