Titus 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,

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

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

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And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with self–control, right conduct, and devotion to God,

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We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now,

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Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

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

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

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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.”