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Titus 1:16

WEB

16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

KJV

16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

BSB

16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

FBV

16They claim to know God, but they prove this is false by what they do. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

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Extra References

1 John 2:4

4One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.


Isaiah 29:13

13The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;


Ephesians 5:6

6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.


Ezekiel 33:31

31They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.


2 Timothy 3:5-8

5holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also. 6For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.


Jude 1:4

4For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.


Romans 1:28

28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;


Revelation 21:27

27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.


1 Samuel 15:22

22Samuel said, “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the LORD’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.


Revelation 21:8

8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners,abominable, [+] murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,[+] idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”