Titus 3:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”
ἐπιθυμία
Desire, craving, longing. Epithumia. Do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. The flesh pulls toward what destroys. The Spirit pulls toward what gives life. Choose which you feed.
ἡδονή
pleasures
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ἡδονή
Pleasure, gratification, desire. Hedone. Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. The pleasures of this world are temporary. The pleasures at God's right hand are forever.
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δουλεύω
serving
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δουλεύω
To serve as a slave, to be enslaved. Douleuo. No one can serve two masters. Divided loyalty destroys effectiveness. Choose who you will serve and serve wholeheartedly.
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μισέω
hating
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μισέω
To hate, to detest, to dislike strongly. Hate what is evil and cling to what is good. Not everything deserves equal treatment. Some things must be rejected.
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φθόνος
envy
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φθόνος
Envy, jealousy, spite. Phthonos. Love does not envy. Envy is the pain of another's success. It is the opposite of love which rejoices when others flourish.
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κακία
malice
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κακία
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
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πλανάω
being deceived,
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πλανάω
to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
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ποτέ
once
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ποτέ
indefinite adverb, at some time, ever
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ποικίλος
various,
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ποικίλος
motley, i.e. various in character
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εἰμί
Were
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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διάγω
living,
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διάγω
to pass time or life
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στυγνητός
hateful,
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στυγνητός
hated, i.e. odious
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