But if you refuse to listen, you are against me. And your enemies will destroy you.”
Titus 1:2 - Easy To Read Version That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began. American Standard Version (1901) in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal; Common English Bible Their faith and this knowledge are based on the hope of eternal life that God, who doesn’t lie, promised before time began. Catholic Public Domain Version in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world: |
But if you refuse to listen, you are against me. And your enemies will destroy you.”
God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If the Lord says he will do something, then he will do it. If the Lord makes a promise, then he will do the thing he promised.
“Then the king will say to those good people on his right, ‘Come. My Father has given you great blessings. Come and get the kingdom God promised you. That kingdom has been prepared for you since the world was made.
“Then those bad people will go away. They will have punishment forever. But the good people will go and have life forever.”
Jesus started to leave, but a man ran to him and bowed on his knees before Jesus. The man asked, “Good teacher, what must I do to get the life that never ends?”
will get a hundred times more than he left. Here in this world that person will get more homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and farms. And with those things, that person will have persecutions. {\cf2\super [130]} But he will also have a reward in the world that is coming. That reward is life forever.
I give my sheep eternal life. They will never die. And no person can take them out of my hand.
You gave the Son power over all people so that the Son could give eternal life to all those people you have given to him.
“Father, I want these people that you have given me to be with me in every place I am. I want them to see my glory. This is the glory you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.
You carefully study the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [82]} You think that those Scriptures give you life forever. Those same Scriptures tell about me!
The person that eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will raise up that person on the last day.
Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, where would we go? You have the things that give life forever.
God promised long ago to give this Good News to his people. God used his prophets {\cf2\super [3]} to promise this. That promise is written in the Holy Scriptures. {\cf2\super [4]}
Glory to God. God is the One who can make you strong in faith. God can use the Good News {\cf2\super [163]} that I teach to make you strong. That is the Good News about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That Good News is the secret truth that God has made known. That secret truth was hidden since the beginning.
Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. Those people live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give life forever to those people.
Through our faith, Christ has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace (kindness) that we now enjoy. And we are very happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.
Sin once used death to rule us. But God gave people more of his grace so that grace could rule by making people right with him. This brings life forever through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And this patience is proof that we are strong. And this proof gives us hope.
When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Those Jews killed the Lord Jesus. And they killed the prophets. {\cf2\super [9]} And those Jews forced us to leave that country (Judea). God is not pleased with them. They are against all people.
But we belong to the day (goodness), so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us. And the hope of salvation should be our helmet.
Keeping your faith is like running a race. Try as hard as you can to win that race. Be sure you get that life that continues forever. You were called to have that life. And you confessed the great truth \{about Christ\} in a way that many people heard you.
By doing that they will be saving a treasure for themselves \{in heaven\}. That treasure will be a strong foundation {\cf2\super [34]} —their future life can be built on that treasure. Then they will be able to have the life that is true life.
Greetings from Paul, an apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle because God wanted me to be. God sent me to tell people about the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.
God saved us and made us his holy people. {\cf2\super [6]} That happened not because of anything we did ourselves. No! God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace (kindness). That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.
So I patiently accept all these troubles. I do this to help all the people that God has chosen. I accept these troubles so that those people can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.
If we are not faithful,\par he will still be faithful,\par because he cannot be false to himself.\par
Do the very best you can to be the kind of person that God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who is not ashamed of his work—a worker who uses the true teaching in the right way.
We should live like that while we are waiting for the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our great hope, and he will come with glory.
You should do good things to be an example in every way for the young men. When you teach, be honest and serious.
We were made right with God by his grace (kindness). God saved us so that we could be his children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.
But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}
All the people who live on earth will worship the animal. These are all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the One who was killed.
The animal that you saw was once \{alive\}. But that animal is not \{alive\} now. But that animal will \{be alive and\} come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. The people that live on the earth will be amazed when they see the animal. They will be amazed because he was once \{alive\}, is not \{alive\} now, but will come again. These are the people whose names have never been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world.
The Lord is the God of Israel. The Lord lives forever. The Lord does not lie or change his mind. The Lord is not like a man who changes his mind.”