Tit 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; {In: or, For}
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God {is} not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do {it}? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, {even} eternal life.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed {it} by an oath: {confirmed...: Gr. interposed himself by}
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; {glorious...: Gr. the appearance of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ}
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he {is} not a man, that he should repent. {Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory}
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
If we believe not, {yet} he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
For the wages of sin {is} death; but the gift of God {is} eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, {even} in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine {shewing} uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {abundant: Gr. much}
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: {persecuted us: or, chased us out}
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
To whom God would make known what {is} the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: {in: or, among}
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
God {is} not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do {it}? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Let us hold fast the profession of {our} faith without wavering; (for he {is} faithful that promised;)
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
If we believe not, {yet} he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
For the wages of sin {is} death; but the gift of God {is} eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and {be} ready always to {give} an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: {fear: or, reverence}
{They are} new every morning: great {is} thy faithfulness.
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he {is} not a man, that he should repent. {Strength: or, Eternity, or, Victory}
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; {glorious...: Gr. the appearance of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ}
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he {is} God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth {shall be thy} shield and buckler.
Faithful {is} he that calleth you, who also will do {it}.
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen {it}, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. {that...: Heb. if I lie}
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, {even} eternal life.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
God {is} faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. {covenant: or, testament}
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. {is born: or, has been born}
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions {that were} under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth {it}, that {men} should fear before him.
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein {is}: which keepeth truth for ever:
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things {are} possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
The desire of a man {is} his kindness: and a poor man {is} better than a liar.
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given {us} everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
{There is} one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
[Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to give instruction} {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if {it were} not {so}, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken {it}.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
And to make all {men} see what {is} the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give {it, I say}, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou {art} righteous:
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
For the LORD {is} good; his mercy {is} everlasting; and his truth {endureth} to all generations. {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. {Zoar: that is, Little}
And now, O Lord GOD, thou {art} that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
To shew that the LORD {is} upright: {he is} my rock, and {there is} no unrighteousness in him.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.