Titus 1:16 - Plain English Version16 Those bad people say that they know God, but they do the bad things that God hates. So those people show that they don’t really know God. They shame themselves. They don’t do what God says. They can’t do anything good. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176916 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition16 They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible16 They claim to know God, but they deny God by the things that they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version16 They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work. Ver Capítulo |
I talk like this because there are some bad people that secretly came into your group. That mob don’t want to do the things that God wants. Instead, they do all the bad things that they want to do. They reckon it is all right to do those bad things. They say, “God is good to us, so he lets us do these bad things.” Whenever they say that, they are really trying to change God’s true message. And they are turning away from Jesus, our only true boss. But God says in his book that he will punish those bad people.
We have to remember that God gave that law to punish the people that do bad things, not the people that do good things. That law is there to stop bad people, and cheeky people, and people that forget about God and everything that belongs to God. It is there to stop people that want to kill their own father or mother, and people that want to murder other people.
You know, we were like that before we believed in Jesus. We did silly things too. We didn’t do what God told us to do. People tricked us, and we believed things that were not true. And we wanted to do all sorts of bad things. We couldn’t stop ourselves. If anybody had a lot of things, we wanted those things for ourselves, and we were angry with those people. We hated people, and people hated us.