Titus 2:12

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,

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ³  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ⁴  who are eager to do good. ⁵ 

Titus 3:3

3:3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Titus 3:15

3:15 Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. ⁶  Grace be with you all. ⁷ 

[2:12]  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.

[2:12]  ² tn Grk “ungodliness.”

[2:14]  ³ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “for good works.”

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Or “faithfully.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tc Most witnesses (א² D¹ F G H Ψ 0278 Ï lat sy bo) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, early and excellent witnesses (א* A C D* 048 33 81 1739 1881 sa) lack the particle, rendering the omission the preferred reading.