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Titus 2

Titus 2:13

God’s Grace Brings Salvation · Titus 2:11–15
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Translations

Modern
…as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Traditional
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Literal
…awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Latin
…exspectantes beatam spem, et adventum gloriæ magni Dei, et Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi:

Original

Greek
English
…as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Notes

Titus 2:13

  • we await: This implies hope as well as future accountability, both of which encourage godly behavior in the present.

  • appearance: The Greek word used here is prominent in the letters to Timothy and Titus (“epiphany” or “appearing”; also 2:11; see study note on 1 Timothy 6:14).

  • great God and Savior: This is one of the few places in the New Testament where Jesus Christ is explicitly called “God” (see also John 1:1; 20:28; Romans 9:5; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1; possibly John 1:18). Yet this claim is entirely consistent with the roles and attributes of Christ and the worship that he receives. It is possible this title is used here to assert that Christ is not a mere human elevated to the status of other gods (see study note on Titus 1:12). When this letter was written, Christians were insisting more and more that Christ alone, rather than rulers and emperors, should be called divine.

Titus 2:11–15

For: The commands of 2:1–10 are here grounded in the past and future coming of Christ. God’s grace is a model for the church’s own conduct, even as salvation by grace makes a good life possible and creates people devoted to good works (see also 3:3–7).

Titus 2:1–15

Sound teaching was especially urgent on account of the false teachers, who had caused problems within "entire households" (1:11). In 2:1–10, Paul addresses different groups within the household of faith, showing his concern for the public testimony of the church (2:5, 8, 10; see also 1 Tim 5:1–6:2). Paul then elaborates on the coming of Christ (Titus 2:11–14) before giving a direct charge to Titus (2:15).

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Savior Second Coming of Christ Titus, Letter to

Topics

Christ is God: As the Great God and Saviour Da Vinci Code Disappointment Hope: Blessed Hope: General Scriptures Concerning Hope: Objects of Christ's Glorious Appearing Hope: Saints: should Look for the Object of Jehovah's Witnesses Jesus, the Christ: Divinity of The Great God and Saviour Jesus, the Christ: Names, Appellations, and Titles of: Saviour, Jesus Christ Jesus, the Christ: Saviour Jesus, the Christ: Second Coming of Jesus, the Christ: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to the Divinity of Jesus' Second Coming Rapture Redemption: They Who Partake of Wait for the Completion of Second Coming The Rapture The Second Coming of Christ: Called The: Glorious Appearing of the Great God and Our Saviour The Second Coming of Christ: Saints: Look For Waiting on the Lord