Titus 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

Titus 2:12 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Titus 2:1220 words

GreekMeaning

παιδεύουσαpaideuousa

instructingverbG3811

ἡμᾶςhēmas

uspronounG1473

ἵναhina

thatwordG2443

ἀρνησάμενοιarnēsamenoi

having deniedverbG720

τὴνtēn

thearticleG3588

ἀσέβειανasebeian

ungodlinessnounG763

καὶkai

andwordG2532

τὰςtas

thearticleG3588

κοσμικὰςkosmikas

worldlyadjectiveG2886

ἐπιθυμίαςepithymias

passionsnounG1939

σωφρόνωςsōphronōs

discreetlyadverbG4996

καὶkai

andwordG2532

δικαίωςdikaiōs

righteouslyadverbG1346

καὶkai

andwordG2532

εὐσεβῶςeusebōs

piouslyadverbG2153

ζήσωμενzēsōmen

we may liveverbG2198

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

τῷtō

thearticleG3588

νῦνnyn

presentadverbG3568

αἰῶνιaiōni

agenounG165

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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