
Text -- Titus 2:11 (NET)




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Robertson: Tit 2:11 - -- Hath appeared ( epephanē ).
"Did appear,"the first Epiphany (the Incarnation). Second aorist passive indicative of epiphainō , old verb, in N.T. ...

Robertson: Tit 2:11 - -- Bringing salvation ( sōtērios ).
Old adjective from sōtēr (Saviour), here alone in N.T. except to sōtērion (salvation, "the saving ac...

Robertson: Tit 2:11 - -- Worldly lusts ( tas kosmikas epithumias ).
Aristotle and Plutarch use kosmikos (from kosmos ) about the universe as in Heb 9:1 about the earthly. ...
Worldly lusts (
Aristotle and Plutarch use
Vincent: Tit 2:11 - -- This teaching or doctrine which is to be adorned by the lives of God's servants - the teaching of the gospel - is now stated in Tit 2:11-15.
The...
This teaching or doctrine which is to be adorned by the lives of God's servants - the teaching of the gospel - is now stated in Tit 2:11-15.
The grace of God (
A common Pauline phrase. The exact phrase only here in Pastorals. It is the ultimate ground of salvation. Comp. 2Ti 1:9; Eph 2:5, Eph 2:8; Gal 1:15.

Vincent: Tit 2:11 - -- That bringeth salvation ( σωτήριος )
Lit. saving . N.T.o . Const. with χαρις grace . The saving grace of God.
That bringeth salvation (
Lit. saving . N.T.o . Const. with

Vincent: Tit 2:11 - -- Hath appeared ( ἐπεφάνη )
Only in Pastorals, Luke, and Acts. In the active voice, to bring to light , show . See on ἐπιφ...
Hath appeared (
Only in Pastorals, Luke, and Acts. In the active voice, to bring to light , show . See on

To all men
Const. with that bringeth salvation , not with hath appeared .
So it is in its nature, tendency, and design.
God's gratuitous favor in the scheme of redemption.

JFB: Tit 2:11 - -- Greek, "hath been made to appear," or "shine forth" (Isa 9:2; Luk 1:79). "hath been manifested" (Tit 3:4), after having been long hidden in the loving...
Greek, "hath been made to appear," or "shine forth" (Isa 9:2; Luk 1:79). "hath been manifested" (Tit 3:4), after having been long hidden in the loving counsels of God (Col 1:26; 2Ti 1:9-10). The image is illustrated in Act 27:20. The grace of God hath now been embodied in Jesus, the brightness of the Father's glory," manifested as the "Sun of righteousness," "the Word made flesh." The Gospel dispensation is hence termed "the day" (1Th 5:5, 1Th 5:8; there is a double "appearing," that of "grace" here, that of "glory," Tit 2:13; compare Rom 13:12). Connect it not as English Version, but, "The grace . . . that bringeth salvation to all men hath appeared," or "been manifested" (1Ti 2:4; 1Ti 4:10). Hence God is called "our Saviour" (Tit 2:10). The very name Jesus means the same.

JFB: Tit 2:11 - -- Of whom he enumerated the different classes (Tit 2:2-9): even to servants; to us Gentiles, once aliens from God. Hence arises our obligation to all me...
Clarke -> Tit 2:11
Clarke: Tit 2:11 - -- The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men - Επεφανη γαρ ἡ χαρις του Θεου ἡ σωτηριος π...
The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men -
"- ere the infant su
Was rolled together, or had tried his beam
Athwart the gloom profound;
light being created, and in a certain measure dispersed, at least three whole days before the sun was formed; (for his creation was a part of the fourth day’ s work); so, previously to the incarnation of Christ, there was spiritual light in the world; for he diffused his beams while his orb was yet unseen. And even now, where by the preaching of his Gospel he is not yet manifested, he is that true light which enlightens every man coming into the world; so that the moral world is no more left to absolute darkness, where the Gospel is not yet preached, than the earth was the four days which preceded the creation of the sun, or those parts of the world are where the Gospel has not yet been preached. The great year is rolling on, and all the parts of the earth are coming successively, and now rapidly, into the light. The vast revolution seems to be nearly completed, and the whole world is about to be filled with the light and glory of God. A heathen poet, apparently under the inspiration of God (for God has his witnesses every where) speaks of those glorious times in words and numbers which nothing but the Spirit of God can equal. It gratifies myself to refer to them, and it will gratify my reader to find them entered here: -
Ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas
Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo . -
Talia saecla suis dixerunt, currite, fusi
Concordes stabili fatorum numine Parcae . -
Aspice convexo nutantem pondere mundum
Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque profundum
Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo !
The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes
Renews its finish’ d course; Saturnian time
Roll round again; and mighty years, begu
From their first orb, in radiant circles run
Majestic months, with swift but steady pace
Set out with him on their appointed race. -
The Fates, when they their happy web have spun
Shall bless the clew, and bid it smoothly run. -
See labouring nature calls thee to sustai
The nodding frame of heaven and earth and main
See, to their base restored, earth, seas, and air
And joyful ages from behind appear In crowding ranks
Dryden
Hasten the time, thou God of ages! Even so. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Calvin -> Tit 2:11
Calvin: Tit 2:11 - -- 11.For the grace of God 248 hath appeared He argues from the design of redemption, which he shews to be a desire to live a godly and upright life. ...
11.For the grace of God 248 hath appeared He argues from the design of redemption, which he shews to be a desire to live a godly and upright life. Hence it follows, that the duty of a good teacher is rather to exhort to a holy life than to occupy the minds of men with useless questions. “He hath redeemed us,” says Zacharias in his song, —
“that we may serve him in holiness and righteousness
all the days of our life.” (Luk 1:74.)
For the same reason Paul says, the grace of God hath appeared, teaching us; for he means that it ought to hold the place of instruction to us to regulate our life well. What is proclaimed concerning the mercy of God is seized by some as all occasion of licentiousness; while others are hindered by slothfulness from meditating on “newness of life.” But the manifestation of the grace of God unavoidably carries along with it exhortations to a holy life.
Bringing salvation to all men, 249 That it is common to all is expressly testified by him on account of the slaves of whom he had spoken. Yet he does not mean individual men, but rather describes individual classes, or various ranks of life. And this is not a little emphatic, that the grace of God hath let itself down even to the race of slaves; for, since God does not despise men of the lowest and most degraded condition, it would be highly unreasonable that we should be negligent and slothful to embrace his goodness.
Defender -> Tit 2:11
Defender: Tit 2:11 - -- In one way or another, all men could, and should, have been aware of the power of God in creation (Rom 1:20) and the grace of God in salvation (Act 14...
In one way or another, all men could, and should, have been aware of the power of God in creation (Rom 1:20) and the grace of God in salvation (Act 14:17), so that they are "without excuse" if they fail to seek Him. He is "the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" (Joh 1:9), but "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil" (Joh 3:19)."
TSK -> Tit 2:11
TSK: Tit 2:11 - -- the grace : Tit 3:4, Tit 3:5; Psa 84:11; Zec 4:7, Zec 12:10; Joh 1:14, Joh 1:16, Joh 1:17; Act 11:23, Act 13:43; Act 20:24; Rom 4:4, Rom 4:5, Rom 5:2,...
the grace : Tit 3:4, Tit 3:5; Psa 84:11; Zec 4:7, Zec 12:10; Joh 1:14, Joh 1:16, Joh 1:17; Act 11:23, Act 13:43; Act 20:24; Rom 4:4, Rom 4:5, Rom 5:2, Rom 5:15, Rom 5:20,Rom 5:21, Rom 11:5, Rom 11:6; 2Co 6:1; Gal 2:21; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:7, Eph 2:5, Eph 2:8; 2Th 2:16; 1Ti 1:14; Heb 2:9, Heb 12:15; 1Pe 1:10-12; 1Pe 5:5-12
bringeth : etc. or, bringeth salvation to all men
hath appeared : hath, Psa 96:1-3, Psa 96:10, Psa 98:1-3, Psa 117:1, Psa 117:2; Isa 2:2, Isa 2:3, Isa 45:22, Isa 49:6, Isa 52:10, Isa 60:1-3; Mat 28:19; Mar 16:15; Luk 3:6, Luk 24:47; Act 13:47; Joh 1:9; Rom 10:18; Rom 15:9-19; Eph 3:6-8; Col 1:6, Col 1:23; 1Ti 2:4; 2Ti 4:17

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Barnes -> Tit 2:11
Barnes: Tit 2:11 - -- For the grace of God - The favor of God, shown to the undeserving; see the notes at Rom 1:7. That bringeth salvation - Margin, to all men...
For the grace of God - The favor of God, shown to the undeserving; see the notes at Rom 1:7.
That bringeth salvation - Margin, to all men, hath appeared. That is, in the margin, "the grace which brings salvation to all men has been revealed."The marginal reading is most in accordance with the Greek, though it will bear either construction. If that which is in the text be adopted, it means that the plan of salvation has been revealed to all classes of men; that is, that it is announced or revealed to all the race that they may be saved; compare the notes at Col 1:23. If the other rendering be adopted, it means that that plan was fitted to secure the salvation of all men; that none were excluded from the offer; that provision had been made for all, and all might come and be saved. Whichever interpretation be adopted, the sense here will not be essentially varied. It is, that the gospel was adapted to man as man, and therefore might include servants as well as masters; subjects, as well as kings; the por, as well as the rich; the ignorant, as well as the learned; see 1Ti 2:1-2 notes; Act 17:26 note.
Poole -> Tit 2:11
Poole: Tit 2:11 - -- The gospel of our Lord Jesus, which containeth the glad tidings of salvation, is not now hidden, and obscurely delivered, as in the times of the Old...
The gospel of our Lord Jesus, which containeth the glad tidings of salvation, is not now hidden, and obscurely delivered, as in the times of the Old Testament; but is risen up as the sun, or some bright star, directing all men their duties in their several stations, that is, all sorts of men amongst whom it cometh.
PBC -> Tit 2:11
PBC: Tit 2:11 - -- See PB: Ps 77:1
This does not say that the grace of God has appeared to every descendant of Adam but every person that is saved, it is by the grace o...
See PB: Ps 77:1
This does not say that the grace of God has appeared to every descendant of Adam but every person that is saved, it is by the grace of God. If any person has received salvation, beloved, it is by the grace of God. When salvation does come to a person, when the grace of God brings salvation, it is going to do something. It is going to teach a person to deny something -it’s also going to teach them to do something -to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world {Tit 2:12} looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ {Tit 2:13}
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Haydock -> Tit 2:11
Haydock: Tit 2:11 - -- For the grace of God, our Saviour, hath appeared to all men. In the Greek: For the saving grace of God, &c. (Witham)
For the grace of God, our Saviour, hath appeared to all men. In the Greek: For the saving grace of God, &c. (Witham)
Gill -> Tit 2:11
Gill: Tit 2:11 - -- For the grace of God that bringeth salvation,.... By which is meant, not the free love and favour of God, which lies in his own heart; for though that...
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation,.... By which is meant, not the free love and favour of God, which lies in his own heart; for though that is productive of salvation, and is the source and spring of it, and what brings it forth, and is far from encouraging licentiousness, but instructs in real piety, and constrains to obedience to the will of God; yet this does not appear, nor has it been, nor is it made manifest unto all men, but is peculiar to the Lord's own people; nor does it design the grace of God wrought in the hearts of believers; for though salvation is strictly connected with it, and it powerfully influences the lives and conversations of such, who are partakers of it; yet it has not appeared to, nor in all men; all men have not faith, nor hope, nor love, nor any other graces of the Spirit: but by the grace of God is intended the doctrine of grace, the Gospel of the grace of God; called so, because it is a declaration of the grace of God, and of salvation by it: and is the means, in the hand of the Spirit, of conveying grace to the heart, and implanting it in it; in which sense the phrase is used in Act 20:24 and this is called the Gospel of salvation, the word of salvation, and salvation itself, and so may be said to bring it; it brings and publishes the good news of it; it shows unto men the way of salvation; it gives an account of the Saviour himself, that he is the great God, and so fit to be a Saviour; that he was appointed by God the Father to be his salvation; that he was sent, and came to work out salvation; and that he is become the author of it; and that he is the only Saviour, and an able, willing, and complete one: it gives an account of the salvation itself; that it is the salvation of the soul; that it is a great one, and includes both grace and glory; that it is everlasting, and all of free grace; and it points out the persons who are interested in it, and shall enjoy it, even all those that are chosen to it, and are redeemed, reconciled, and justified by the blood of Christ, and are brought to believe in him: and the Gospel not only brings the news of all this to the ear, in the external ministration of it; but it brings it to the heart, and is the power of God unto salvation, when it comes, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost; or when it comes under the powerful influences and application of the Spirit of God. Some read this clause thus, "that bringeth salvation to all men"; to which agrees the Syriac version, which renders it,
hath appeared to all men; which supposes it to have been hid, as it was, in the thoughts, purposes, and counsels of God; and in Jesus Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid; and in the covenant of grace, of which the Gospel is a transcript; and in the types and shadows of the ceremonial law: it was in some measure hid from angels, who desire to look into it, and from the Old Testament saints, to whom it was not known as it is now, by the apostles and prophets; and it was entirely hid from the Gentiles, the times of whose ignorance God overlooked: and it suggests, that it now appeared or shone out more clearly, and more largely. The Gospel had been like a candle lighted up in one part of the world, only in Judea, but now it shone out like the sun in its meridian glory, and appeared to all men; not to every individual person; it has neither shined upon, nor in everyone: it did not in the apostle's time, when it appeared the most illustrious, and shone out the most extensively, as well as the most clearly; nor has it in ages since, nor does it in ours; there are multitudes who know nothing of it, and are neither under its form nor power: but this is to be understood of all sorts of men, of every nation, of every age and sex, of every state and condition, high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, masters and servants; which sense well agrees with the context, Tit 2:2 and the words are a reason why the apostle would have duty urged on all sorts of persons, because the Gospel was now preached to all; and it had reached the hearts of all sorts of men; particularly the Gentiles may be intended from whom the Gospel was before hid, and who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death; but now the great light shined upon them, and the Gospel was no more confined to one people only, but was preached to every creature under heaven, or to the whole creation; namely, to the Gentiles, pursuant to the commission in Mar 16:15.

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NET Notes -> Tit 2:11
NET Notes: Tit 2:11 Grk “all men”; but ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpois) is generic here, referring to both men and women.
Geneva Bible -> Tit 2:11
Geneva Bible: Tit 2:11 ( 5 ) For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
( 5 ) The eighth admonition belongs to all the godly: seeing that God ca...

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TSK Synopsis -> Tit 2:1-15
TSK Synopsis: Tit 2:1-15 - --1 Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and life.10 Of the duty of servants, and in general of all Christians.
Combined Bible -> Tit 2:11
Maclaren -> Tit 2:11-12
Maclaren: Tit 2:11-12 - --The School Of Grace
The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching'--Titus 2:11-12.
THE Apostle has been giving fatherly...
MHCC -> Tit 2:11-15
MHCC: Tit 2:11-15 - --The doctrine of grace and salvation by the gospel, is for all ranks and conditions of men. It teaches to forsake sin; to have no more to do with it. A...
Matthew Henry -> Tit 2:11-14
Matthew Henry: Tit 2:11-14 - -- Here we have the grounds or considerations upon which all the foregoing directions are urged, taken from the nature and design of the gospel, and th...
Barclay -> Tit 2:11-14
Barclay: Tit 2:11-14 - --There are few passages in the New Testament which so vividly set out the moral power of the Incarnation as this does. Its whole stress is the miracle...
Constable: Tit 1:5--3:12 - --II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SETTING THE CHURCH IN ORDER 1:5--3:11
As in 1 Timothy, Paul plunged into the business of hi...

Constable: Tit 2:1-15 - --1. The behavior of various groups in the church 2:1-15
To establish order in the church Paul gav...
