“in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;”
— WEB
Titus 1:2
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”
— KJV
“in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;”
— ASV
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Commentary
In hope of eternal life--connected with the whole preceding sentence. That whereon rests my aim as an apostle to promote the elect's faith and full knowledge of the truth, is, "the hope of eternal life" (Tit 2:13; Tit 3:7; Act 23:6; Act 24:15; Act 28:20). that cannot lie-- (Rom 3:4; Rom 11:29; Heb 6:18). promised before the world began--a contracted expression for "purposed before the world began (literally, 'before the ages of time'), and promised actually in time," the promise springing from the eternal purpose; as in Ti2 1:9, the gift of grace was the result of the eternal purpose "before the world began."
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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