Titus 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Nearby Context

Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety,

Titus 1:2 upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Titus 1:3 (and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,

Titus 1:4 to Titus--true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "upon", "hope", "life", "age-during", "doth", "promise", "before", and "times". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "upon" and "hope", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Paul a servant of God and an..." into verse 3's "and He manifested in proper times His...", so "upon" and "hope" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "upon" and "hope" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.