Titus 2:12

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Cross References (50)

  • Ezekiel 36:27 (35)

    And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

  • Matthew 16:24 (27)

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow

  • Romans 6:19 (19)

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in

  • Psalms 4:3 (17)

    Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

  • 2 Peter 2:9 (16)

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on

  • Ephesians 4:22–25 (16)

    to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  • 1 John 2:6 (15)

    Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

  • 2 Peter 1:4–8 (13)

    Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of th

  • 2 Timothy 3:12 (12)

    Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

  • Luke 1:75 (12)

    in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

  • Isaiah 55:6–7 (12)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • Revelation 14:12 (11)

    Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (10)

    For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

  • Titus 3:3 (10)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • 1 John 2:15–17 (9)

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • James 4:8–10 (9)

    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-mind

  • 1 Peter 1:14–18 (8)

    As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

  • Colossians 3:5–9 (8)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Ephesians 2:2 (8)

    in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spi

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (7)

    Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love

  • Romans 6:12 (7)

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • Matthew 28:20 (7)

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  • Galatians 5:24 (6)

    Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  • Ezekiel 33:14–15 (6)

    But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

  • Ezekiel 18:30–31 (6)

    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from

  • Galatians 1:4 (6)

    who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  • Colossians 1:22 (6)

    But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in

  • Matthew 3:8–10 (6)

    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

  • John 17:14–15 (6)

    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

  • 1 Peter 2:11–12 (6)

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

  • Romans 13:12–13 (6)

    The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of ligh

  • Romans 8:13 (6)

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you w

  • 2 Peter 3:11 (6)

    Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in

  • 1 Timothy 4:12 (6)

    Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

  • Romans 12:2 (6)

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and ap

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12 (6)

    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relatio

  • Hebrews 8:11 (6)

    No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from

  • Romans 6:4–6 (6)

    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead thr

  • Matthew 5:19–20 (6)

    So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1 (6)

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit,

  • 2 Peter 2:20–22 (6)

    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only

  • 1 John 2:27 (6)

    And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (6)

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n

  • Acts 24:25 (6)

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go

  • 1 Timothy 6:17 (6)

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealt

  • Acts 24:16 (6)

    In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

  • Ephesians 1:4 (5)

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

  • 1 John 5:19 (5)

    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

  • John 14:30 (5)

    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

  • Luke 1:6 (5)

    Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.