What Does Titus 3:7 Mean in the King James?

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Titus 3:7 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse makes inheritance the fruit of alignment given by favor, not a wage earned by proving yourself.

THE MEANING

You are set in alignment through favor, and the verse places you as an heir rather than a wage-earner. The hope before you is the life of the ages, a promised life held out as your inheritance.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that you must make yourself worthy before you can inherit life: alignment begins in favor, and inheritance is received as promise.

THE ROOT

δικαιωθέντες

dikaiōthentes

GROWS FROM

δικ-

dik-

Rightness and justice: being set in a right relation, or alignment.

“justified” in this verse is dikaiōthentes. The word belongs to a family that links the act of setting right with the quality of being just. Here, alignment comes through favor, so your standing is received rather than earned.

ALSO GROWS

dikaios: Just, right, aligned

δίκαιος

This branch names the state of right relation toward which the verse’s “justified” points.

dikaiosynē: Justice, righteousness, alignment

δικαιοσύνη

This branch names the quality or order expressed when someone is set right.

χάριτι

chariti

GROWS FROM

⁨χαριτ-⁩ / ⁨χαρι-⁩ (charit- / char-)

Favor: gracious goodwill freely given.

“grace” in this verse is chariti. Favor is the source of the alignment, not a reward for already earning a place. The same word family links favor with what is freely granted, so the movement toward inheritance is gift-shaped from the start.

ALSO GROWS

charisma: A gift or endowment granted by favor

χάρισμα

This branch shows favor taking the form of something given.

charizomai: Grant freely, show favor

χαρίζομαι

This branch carries the sense of favor into the act of freely granting.

κληρονόμοι

klēronomoi

GROWS FROM

κληρονόμ-

klēronom-

One who receives an allotted share; an heir.

“heirs” in this verse is klēronomoi. The word frames the future as a share received through inheritance, not a wage accumulated through performance. Here that share is held in hope: life belonging to the ages is something you inherit.

ALSO GROWS

klēros: A lot, portion, or allotted share

κλῆρος

This branch makes the heir’s portion visible as something assigned and received.

klēronomia: Inheritance

κληρονομία

This branch names the share an heir comes to possess.

THE PATTERN

The promised life is received as a share grounded in trust and promise, rather than secured by self-achievement.

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Genesis 15:6 · KJVAlignment is counted in response to trust, showing a standing received rather than self-made.

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Galatians 3:29 · KJVBelonging makes the promised inheritance the heir’s share.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 1:4 · KJVThe future is described as an inheritance kept for you, not an achievement you secure.

THE THREAD

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8 · KJV

The Greek word ⁨χάριτι⁩ (chariti, favor) in Titus belongs to the same word family as the grace in this verse. Both place deliverance and the life that follows in what is given, letting the inheritance in Titus read as the continuation of favor.

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