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Titus 2:12

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

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παιδεύουσαpaideuousaTeachingπαιδεύω (paideuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “Teaching”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3811(a) I discipline, educate, train, (b) more severely: I chastise.TeachingἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἀρνησάμενοιarnēsamenoidenyingἀρνέομαι (arneomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “denying”, a single actionG720(a) I deny (a statement), (b) I repudiate (a person, or belief).denyingτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀσέβειανasebeianungodlinessἀσέβεια (asebeia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “ungodliness”, the object formG763impiety, irreverence, ungodliness, wickedness.ungodlinessκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κοσμικὰςkosmikasworldlyκοσμικός (kosmikos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “worldly”, the object formG2886earthly, worldly (belonging to the present earthly world as opposed to the heavenly and future).This verse uses “worldly”.worldlyἐπιθυμίαςepithumiaslustsἐπιθυμία (epithumia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “lusts”, the object formG1939desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust.lustsσωφρόνωςsōphronōssoberlyσωφρόνωςadverb — “soberly”G4996soberly, with moderation, prudently.This verse uses “soberly”.soberlyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.δικαίωςdikaiōsrighteouslyδικαίωςadverb — “righteously”G1346justly, righteously.This verse uses “righteously”.righteouslyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεὐσεβῶςeusebōsgodlyεὐσεβῶςadverb — “godly”G2153piously, religiously.godlyζήσωμενzēsōmento liveζάω (zaō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “to live”, a single actionG2198I live, am alive.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.νῦνnunthis presentνῦνadverb — “this present”G3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.this presentαἰῶνιaiōniworldαἰών (aiōn)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “world”, the to- or for-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.world

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

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American Standard Version (1901)

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Young’s Literal Translation

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

World English Bible

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

Darby Translation

teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,

Douay-Rheims

Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world,

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