It trains us ¹  to reject godless ways ²  and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

biblegateway Tit 2:12

instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

biblegateway Tit 2:12

It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

bibleoremus Tit 2:12

training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

and by it we are disciplined to renounce godless ways and worldly desires, and to live a life of temperance, honesty, and godliness in the present age,

biblegateway Tit 2:12

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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

biblegateway Tit 2:12

It trains us ¹  to reject godless ways ²  and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

¹ tn Grk “training us” (as a continuation of the previous clause). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 by translating the participle παιδεύουσα (paideuousa) as a finite verb and supplying the pronoun “it” as subject.

² tn Grk “ungodliness.”