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,

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

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

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,

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,

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;

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

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

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.”