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2:13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: TRINITY, 1 | SAVIOUR | SALVATION | Righteous | Revelation of Christ | REVELATION, 3-4 | PERSON OF CHRIST, 1-3 | PAULINE THEOLOGY | PAROUSIA | Jesus, The Christ | Hope | ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V | APPEARING | more
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Robertson: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for ( prosdechomenoi ). Present middle participle of prosdechomai , old verb, the one used of Simeon (Luk 2:25) and others (Luk 2:38) who wer...

Looking for ( prosdechomenoi ).

Present middle participle of prosdechomai , old verb, the one used of Simeon (Luk 2:25) and others (Luk 2:38) who were looking for the Messiah.

Robertson: Tit 2:13 - -- The blessed hope and appearing of the glory ( tēn makarian elpida kai epiphaneian tēs doxēs ). The word epiphaneia (used by the Greeks of the...

The blessed hope and appearing of the glory ( tēn makarian elpida kai epiphaneian tēs doxēs ).

The word epiphaneia (used by the Greeks of the appearance of the gods, from epiphanēs , epiphainō ) occurs in 2Ti 1:10 of the Incarnation of Christ, the first Epiphany (like the verb epephanē , Tit 2:11), but here of the second Epiphany of Christ or the second coming as in 1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 4:1, 2Ti 4:8. In 2Th 2:8 both epiphaneia and parousia (the usual word) occur together of the second coming.

Robertson: Tit 2:13 - -- Of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ ( tou megalou theou kai sōtēros Iēsou Christou ). This is the necessary meaning of the one article wi...

Of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ ( tou megalou theou kai sōtēros Iēsou Christou ).

This is the necessary meaning of the one article with theou and sōtēros just as in 2Pe 1:1, 2Pe 1:11. See Robertson, Grammar , p. 786. Westcott and Hort read Christou Iēsou .

Vincent: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for ( προσδεχόμενοι ) In Pastorals only here. Comp. Mar 15:43; Luk 2:25; Luk 12:36. In this sense not in Paul. Primarily, ...

Looking for ( προσδεχόμενοι )

In Pastorals only here. Comp. Mar 15:43; Luk 2:25; Luk 12:36. In this sense not in Paul. Primarily, to receive to one's self , admit , accept . So Luk 15:2; Rom 16:2; Phi 2:29. That which is accepted in faith, is awaited expectantly.

Vincent: Tit 2:13 - -- That blessed hope ( τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα ) The phrase N.T.o . Μακάριος blessed , very often in the Gospels. Se...

That blessed hope ( τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα )

The phrase N.T.o . Μακάριος blessed , very often in the Gospels. See on Mat 5:3. In Pastorals, with the exception of this passage, always of God. In Paul, only of men, and so usually in the Gospels. Ἑλπίδα hope , the object of hope. Why the hope is called blessed , appears from 2Ti 4:8; Phi 3:20, etc. Comp. Jud 1:21, and 1Pe 1:13.

Vincent: Tit 2:13 - -- And the glorious appearing ( καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης ) Καὶ is explanatory, introducing the definition of th...

And the glorious appearing ( καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης )

Καὶ is explanatory, introducing the definition of the character of the thing hoped for. Looking for the object of hope, even the appearing, etc. Glorious appearing is a specimen of the vicious hendiadys by which the force of so many passages has been impaired or destroyed in translation. Rend. appearing of the glory .

Vincent: Tit 2:13 - -- Of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ ( τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ Ἱησ...

Of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ ( τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ Ἱησοῦ )

For Jesus Christ rend. Christ Jesus . Μέγας great with God , N.T.o , but often in lxx. According to A.V. two persons are indicated, God and Christ. Revelations with others rend. of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus , thus indicating one person, and asserting the deity of Christ. I adopt the latter, although the arguments and authorities in favor of the two renderings are very evenly balanced.

Wesley: Tit 2:13 - -- With eager desire.

With eager desire.

Wesley: Tit 2:13 - -- Which we hope for. Of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ - So that, if there be (according to the Arian scheme) a great God and a little God...

Which we hope for. Of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ - So that, if there be (according to the Arian scheme) a great God and a little God, Christ is not the little God, but the great one.

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- (Phi 3:20-21).

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- With constant expectation (so the Greek) and with joy (Rom 8:19). This will prove the antidote to worldly lusts, and the stimulus to "live in this pre...

With constant expectation (so the Greek) and with joy (Rom 8:19). This will prove the antidote to worldly lusts, and the stimulus to "live in this present world" conformably to this expectation. The Greek is translated, "waiting for," in Luk 2:25.

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- Greek, "the."

Greek, "the."

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- Bringing blessedness (Rom 4:7-8).

Bringing blessedness (Rom 4:7-8).

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- That is, object of hope (Rom 8:24; Gal 5:5; Col 1:5).

That is, object of hope (Rom 8:24; Gal 5:5; Col 1:5).

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- There is but one Greek article to both "hope" and "appearing," which marks their close connection (the hope being about to be realized only at the app...

There is but one Greek article to both "hope" and "appearing," which marks their close connection (the hope being about to be realized only at the appearing of Christ). Translate, "The blessed hope and manifestation (compare Note, see on Tit 2:11) of the glory." The Greek for "manifestation" is translated "brightness" in 2Th 2:8. As His "coming" (Greek, "parousia") expresses the fact; so "brightness, appearing," or "manifestation" (epiphaneia) expresses His personal visibility when He shall come.

JFB: Tit 2:13 - -- There is but one Greek article to "God" and "Saviour," which shows that both are predicated of one and the same Being. "Of Him who is at once the grea...

There is but one Greek article to "God" and "Saviour," which shows that both are predicated of one and the same Being. "Of Him who is at once the great God and our Saviour." Also (2) "appearing" (epiphaneia) is never by Paul predicated of God the Father (Joh 1:18; 1Ti 6:16), or even of "His glory" (as ALFORD explains it): it is invariably applied to CHRIST'S coming, to which (at His first advent, compare 2Ti 1:10) the kindred verb "appeared" (epephanee), Tit 2:11, refers (1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 4:1, 2Ti 4:8). Also (3) in the context (Tit 2:14) there is no reference to the Father, but to Christ alone; and here there is no occasion for reference to the Father in the exigencies of the context. Also (4) the expression "great God," as applied to Christ, is in accordance with the context, which refers to the glory of His appearing; just as "the true God" is predicated of Christ, 1Jo 5:20. The phrase occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, but often in the Old Testament. Deu 7:21; Deu 10:17, predicated of Jehovah, who, as their manifested Lord, led the Israelites through the wilderness, doubtless the Second Person in the Trinity. Believers now look for the manifestation of His glory, inasmuch as they shall share in it. Even the Socinian explanation, making "the great God" to be the Father, "our Saviour," the Son, places God and Christ on an equal relation to "the glory" of the future appearing: a fact incompatible with the notion that Christ is not divine; indeed it would be blasphemy so to couple any mere created being with God.

Clarke: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for that blessed hope - Expecting the grand object of our hope, eternal life. See Tit 1:2. This is what the Gospel teaches us to expect, and...

Looking for that blessed hope - Expecting the grand object of our hope, eternal life. See Tit 1:2. This is what the Gospel teaches us to expect, and what the grace of God prepares the human heart for. This is called a blessed hope; those who have it are happy in the sure prospect of that glory which shall be revealed

Clarke: Tit 2:13 - -- The glorious appearing - Και επιφανειαν της δοξης του μεγαλου Θεου και σωτηρος ἡμων Ιησου ...

The glorious appearing - Και επιφανειαν της δοξης του μεγαλου Θεου και σωτηρος ἡμων Ιησου Χριστου . This clause, literally translated, is as follows: And the appearing of the glory of the great God, even our Savior Jesus Christ. On this passage I must refer the reader to the Essay on the Greek Article, by H. S. Boyd, Esq., appended to the notes on the Epistle to the Ephesians, where both the structure and doctrine of this passage are explained at large

Some think that the blessed hope and glorious appearing mean the same thing; but I do not think so. The blessed hope refers simply to eternal glorification in general; the glorious appearing, to the resurrection of the body; for when Christ appears he will change this vile body, and make it like unto his Glorious Body, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself. See Phi 3:20, Phi 3:21.

Calvin: Tit 2:13 - -- 13.Looking for that blessed hope From the hope of future immortality he draws an exhortation, and indeed, if that hope be deeply seated in our mind, ...

13.Looking for that blessed hope From the hope of future immortality he draws an exhortation, and indeed, if that hope be deeply seated in our mind, it is impossible that it should not lead us to devote ourselves wholly to God. On the contrary, they who do not cease to live to the world and to the flesh never have actually tasted what is the worth of the promise of eternal life; for the Lord, by calling us to heaven, withdraws us from the earth.

Hope is here put for the thing hoped for, otherwise it would be an incorrect mode of expression. He gives this appellation to the blessed life which is laid up for us in heaven. At the same time he declares when we shall enjoy it, and what we ought to contemplate, when we desire or think of our salvation.

And the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior I interpret the glory of God, to mean not only that by which he shall be glorious in himself, but also that by which he shall then diffuse himself on all sides, so as to make all his elect partakers of it. He calls God great, because his greatness — which men, blinded by the empty splendor of the world, now extenuate, and sometimes even annihilate, as far as lies in their power — shall be fully manifested on the last day. The luster of the world, while it appears great to our eyes, dazzles them so much that “the glory of God” is, as it were, hidden in darkness. But Christ, by his coming, shall chase away all the empty show of the world — shall no longer obscure the brightness, shall no longer lessen the magnificence, of his glory. True the Lord demonstrates his majesty every day by his works; but because men are prevented by their blindness from seeing it, it is said to be hidden in obscurity. Paul wishes that believers may now contemplate by faith that which shall be manifested on the last day, and therefore that God may be magnified, whom the world either despises, or; at least, does not esteem according to his excellence.

It is uncertain whether these words should be read together thus, “the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, the great God and our Savior,” or separately, as of the Father and the Son, “the glory of the great God, and of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” 254 The Arians, seizing on this latter sense, have endeavored to prove from it, that the Son is less than the Father, because here Paul calls the Father “the great God” by way of distinction from the Son. The orthodox teachers of the Church, for the purpose of shutting out this slander, eagerly contended that both are affirmed of Christ. But the Arians may be refuted in a few words and by solid argument; for Paul, having spoken of the revelation of the glory of “the great God,” immediately added “Christ,” in order to inform us, that that revelation of glory will be in his person; as if he had said that, when Christ shall appear, the greatness of the divine glory shall then be revealed to us.

Hence we learn, first, that there is nothing that ought to render us more active or cheerful in doing good than the hope of the future resurrection; and, secondly, that believers ought always to have their eyes fixed on it, that they may not grow weary in the right course; for, if we do not wholly depend upon it, we shall continually be carried away to the vanities of the world. But, since the coming of the Lord to judgment might excite terror in us, Christ is held out to us as our “Savior,” who will also be our judge.

Defender: Tit 2:13 - -- The second coming of Christ, specifically the very first event of that coming, the resurrection of those who died in Christ and the rapture of those b...

The second coming of Christ, specifically the very first event of that coming, the resurrection of those who died in Christ and the rapture of those believers still living when He comes, is the "blessed hope" of the Christian. When a believer is truly looking for that hope (notice that he is to be looking for the imminent coming of Christ), it is a great incentive to witnessing and godly living. "Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure" (1Jo 3:3)."

TSK: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking : 1Co 1:7; Phi 3:20,Phi 3:21; 2Ti 4:8; 2Pe 3:12-14 blessed : Tit 1:2, Tit 3:7; Act 24:15; Rom 5:5, Rom 8:24, Rom 8:25, Rom 15:13; Col 1:5, Col...

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Barnes: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for - Expecting; waiting for. That is, in the faithful performance of our duties to ourselves, to our fellow-creatures, and to God, we ...

Looking for - Expecting; waiting for. That is, in the faithful performance of our duties to ourselves, to our fellow-creatures, and to God, we are patiently to wait for the coming of our Lord.

(1)    We are to believe that he will return;

(2)    We are to be in a posture of expectation, not knowing when he will come; and,

(3)    We are to be ready for him whenever he shall come; see the Mat 24:42-44 notes; 1Th 5:4 note; Phi 3:20 note.

That blessed hope - The fulfillment of that hope so full of blessedness to us.

The glorious appearing - Notes, 2Th 2:8; compare 1Ti 6:14; 2Ti 1:10; 2Ti 4:8.

Of the great God - There can be little doubt, if any, that by "the great God"here, the apostle referred to the Lord Jesus, for it is not a doctrine of the New Testament that God himself as such, or in contradistinction from his incarnate Son, will appear at the last day. It is said, indeed, that the Saviour will come "in the glory of his Father, with his angels"Mat 16:27, but that God as such will appear is not taught in the Bible. The doctrine there is, that God will be manifest in his Son; that the divine approach to our world be through him to judge the race; and that though he will be accompanied with the appropriate symbols of the divinity, yet it will be the Son of God who will be visible. No one, accustomed to Paul’ s views, can well doubt that when he used this language he had his eye throughout on the Son of God, and that he expected no other manifestation than what would be made through him.

In no place in the New Testament is the phrase ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ epiphaneian tou Theou - "the manifestation or appearing of God"- applied to any other one than Christ It is true that this is spoken of here as the "appearing of the glory - τῆς δόξης tēs doxēs - of the great God,"but the idea is that of such a manifestation as became God, or would appropriately display his glory. It is known to most persons who have attended to religious controversies, that this passage has given rise to much discussion. The ancients, in general, interpreted it as meaning"The glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ."This sense has been vindicated by the labors of Beza, Whitby, Bull, Matthaei, and Middleton (on the Greek article), and is the common interpretation of those who claim to be orthodox; see Bloomfield, Rec. Syn., and Notes, in loc. He contends that the meaning is, "the glorious appearance of that great being who is our God and Saviour."The arguments for this opinion are well summed up by Bloomfield. Without going into a critical examination of this passage, which would not be in accordance with the design of these Notes, it may be remarked in general:

\caps1 (1) t\caps0 hat no plain reader of the New Testament, accustomed to the common language there, would have any doubt that the apostle referred here to the coming of the Lord Jesus.

\caps1 (2) t\caps0 hat the "coming"of God, as such, is not spoken of in this manner in the New Testament.

\caps1 (3) t\caps0 hat the expectation of Christians was directed to the advent of the ascended Saviour, not to the appearing of God as such.

\caps1 (4) t\caps0 hat this is just such language as one would use who believed that the Lord Jesus is divine, or that the name God might properly be applied to him.

\caps1 (5) t\caps0 hat it would naturally and obviously convey the idea that he was divine, to one who had no theory to defend.

\caps1 (6) t\caps0 hat if the apostle did not mean this, he used such language as was fitted to lead people into error.

\caps1 (7) a\caps0 nd that the fair construction of the Greek here, according to the application of the most rigid rules, abundantly sustains the interpretation which the plain reader of the New Testament would affix to it. The names above referred to are abundant proof that no violation is done to the rules of the Greek language by this interpretation, but rather that the fair construction of the original demands it. If this be so, then this furnishes an important proof of the divinity of Christ.

Poole: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for that blessed hope the object or end of our hope, the salvation of our souls, Gal 5:5 Col 1:5 . And the glorious appearing of the great G...

Looking for that blessed hope the object or end of our hope, the salvation of our souls, Gal 5:5 Col 1:5 .

And the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ and in order thereunto, looking for the coming of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the last judgment. The same person is here meant by the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

1. It is he whom God hath appointed to be the judge of the quick and dead.

2. ’ epifaneia , by us translated appearing, is attributed only to the Second Person in the Blessed Trinity, 2Th 2:8 1Ti 6:14 2Ti 4:1,8 . From this text the Divine nature of Christ is irrefragably concluded; he is not only called God, but megav yeov , the great God, which cannot be understood of a made God.

Haydock: Tit 2:13 - -- Waiting for the blessed hope; for the happiness of the blessed in heaven, promised and hoped for. --- And coming of the glory of the great God, [5] ...

Waiting for the blessed hope; for the happiness of the blessed in heaven, promised and hoped for. ---

And coming of the glory of the great God, [5] and our Saviour Jesus Christ. The title of great God, says Dr. Wells, is here referred to our Saviour Jesus Christ, by Clement of Alexandria in protreptico, chap. vi. He might have added, and by the general consent of the Greek and Latin Fathers. St. John Chrysostom cries out: "where are now they who say that the Son is less than the Father?" St. Jerome in like manner: "where is the serpent Arius? where is the snake Eunomius?" And that this title of great God is here given to Jesus Christ, may be shewn from the text itself, especially in the Greek; for the glorious coming, and appearance, in other places of St. Paul, is always used to signify Christ's coming to judge the world. Secondly, inasmuch as one and the same Greek article falls upon the great God, and our Saviour Christ; so that even M. Simon, in a note on these words, says the construction is, and the coming of Jesus Christ, the great God, our Saviour, and blames Erasmus and Grotius for pretending that this place is not a confutation of the Arians. (Witham)

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Adventum gloriז magni Dei, et Salvatoris nostri Jesu Christi; Greek: epiphaneian tes doxes tou megalou Theou kai Soteros emon Iesou Christou. St. John Chrysostom, (p. 401. lin. 43.) Greek: pou eisin oi tou Patros, elattona ton uion legontes. St. Jerome, "Ubi est serpens Arius? ubi est Eunomius coluber?" St. Paul uses Greek: epiphaneian for the coming of Christ to judgment. The same Greek article is put thus, Greek: tou megalou Theou, kai Soteros, and not Greek: kai tou Soteros.

Gill: Tit 2:13 - -- Looking for that blessed hope,.... Not the grace of hope; though that being a good hope through grace, and a hope of blessedness, may be called a bles...

Looking for that blessed hope,.... Not the grace of hope; though that being a good hope through grace, and a hope of blessedness, may be called a blessed hope; yet this the saints have already implanted in their hearts in regeneration, and cannot be said to look for it: rather Christ, the object and ground of hope, who is our hope, and Christ in us the hope of glory, who is blessed for evermore; and in the enjoyment of whom the happiness of the saints hereafter will greatly consist; and whom they look for, and expect from heaven, and who is expressly mentioned in the next clause: but as this may be something distinct from that, it may be best, by this blessed hope, to understand the thing hoped for, eternal glory and happiness; called elsewhere the hope of righteousness, and the hope laid up in heaven, Gal 5:5 and which will lie in the beatific vision of God and Christ; in a perfect knowledge of them, in communion with them, and conformity to them; and in the society of angels and glorified saints; and in a freedom from all evil, outward and inward, and in the possession of all good: and to be looking for this, is to be desiring it with the heart and affections set upon it, longing to be in the enjoyment of it, and yet waiting patiently in the exercise of faith and hope; for looking includes all the three graces, faith, hope, and love; and particularly the former, which is always attended with the latter; for it is such a looking for this blessedness, as that a man firmly believes he shall partake of it: and there is good reason for a regenerate man so to look for it; since it is his Father's gift of free grace, and is laid up for him; Christ is gone to prepare it by his presence, mediation, and intercession; yea, he is gone, as the forerunner, to take possession of it in his name: this man is begotten again to a lively hope of it; he is called by the grace of God unto it; he is a child of God, and so an heir of it; he has a right unto it, through the justifying righteousness of Christ, and has a meetness for it through the sanctifying grace of the Spirit; and who is in him as the earnest and pledge of it: now such a firm expectation of the heavenly glory does the Gospel, the doctrine of the grace of God, teach, direct, and encourage to; for these words must be read in connection with the preceding, as a further instruction of the Gospel, as well as what follows:

and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; not two divine persons, only one, are here intended; for the word: rendered "appearing", is never used of God the Father, only of the second person; and the propositive article is not set before the word "Saviour", as it would, if two distinct persons were designed; and the copulative "and" is exegetical, and may he rendered thus, "and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ"; who, in the next verse, is said to give himself for the redemption of his people: so that here is a very illustrious proof of the true and proper deity of Christ, who will appear at his second coming; for of that appearance are the, words to be understood, as the great God, in all the glories and perfections of his divine nature; as well as a Saviour, which is mentioned to show that he will appear to the salvation of his people, which he will then put them in the full possession of; and that the brightness of his divine Majesty will not make them afraid: and this appearance will be a glorious one; for Christ will come in his own glory, in the glory of his deity, particularly his omniscience and omnipotence will be very conspicuous; and in his glory as Mediator, which will be beheld by all the saints; and in his glory as a Judge, invested with power and authority from his Father, which will be terrible to sinners; and in the glory of his human nature, with which it is now crowned; and in his Father's glory, in the same he had with him before the world was, and which is the same with his, and in that which he will receive from him as man and Mediator, and as the Judge of the whole earth; and in the glory of his holy angels, being attended with all his mighty ones: to which may be added, that saints will be raised from the dead, and with the living ones appear with Christ in glory, and make up the bride, the Lamb's wife, having the glory of God upon her; so that this will be a grand appearance indeed. Now this the Gospel directs, and instructs believers to look for, to love, to hasten to, most earnestly desire, and yet patiently wait for, most firmly believing that it will be: and this the saints have reason to look for, with longing desire and affection, and with pleasure, since it will be not only glorious in itself, but advantageous to them; they will then be glorified with Christ, and be for ever with him.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Tit 2:13 The terms “God and Savior” both refer to the same person, Jesus Christ. This is one of the clearest statements in the NT concerning the de...

Geneva Bible: Tit 2:13 ( e ) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; ( e ) Christ is here most plainly call...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

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 2:13 - --Looking for that blessed hope,

Maclaren: Tit 2:13 - --The Happy Hope Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.'--Titus 2:13. THERE are two a...

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 - -- 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 - --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...

Constable: Tit 2:11-14 - --Rationale for such behavior 2:11-14 "The previous paragraph [2:1-10] has been a challenge to the several groups in the Cretan churches to accept the s...

College: Tit 2:1-15 - --TITUS 2 III. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VARIOUS GROUPS (2:1-15) The current section is similar to 1 Tim 5:1-2, where people are grouped by sex and age. This t...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Titus (Book Introduction) The Epistle to Titus Probably 66 or 67 Apparently From Nicopolis

JFB: Titus (Book Introduction) GENUINENESS.--CLEMENT OF ROME quotes it [Epistle to the Corinthians, 2]; IRENÆUS [Against Heresies, 3.3.4] refers to it as Paul's; THEOPHILUS OF ANTI...

JFB: Titus (Outline) ADDRESS: FOR WHAT END TITUS WAS LEFT IN CRETE. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELDERS: GAINSAYERS IN CRETE NEEDING REPROOF. (Tit. 1:1-16) DIRECTIONS TO TITUS: HOW...

TSK: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Tit 2:1, Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and life; Tit 2:10, Of the duty of servants, and in general of all Christians.

Poole: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 2

MHCC: Titus (Book Introduction) This epistle chiefly contains directions to Titus concerning the elders of the Church, and the manner in which he should give instruction; and the lat...

MHCC: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) (Tit 2:1-8) The duties which become sound doctrine. (Tit 2:9, Tit 2:10) Believing servants must be obedient. (Tit 2:11-15) All is enforced from the ...

Matthew Henry: Titus (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to Titus This Epistle of Paul to Titus is much of the same nature with those to...

Matthew Henry: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) The apostle here directs Titus about the faithful discharge of his own office generally (Tit 2:1), and particularly as to several sorts of persons ...

Barclay: Titus (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) The Christian Character (Tit_2:1-10) (1) The Senior Men (Tit_2:1-2) (2) The Older Women (Tit_2:3-5) (3) The Younger Women (Tit_2:3-5 Continued) ...

Constable: Titus (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background Paul may have visited Crete more than once. It seem...

Constable: Titus (Outline) Outline I. Salutation 1:1-4 II. Instructions for setting the church in order 1:5-3:11 ...

Constable: Titus Titus Bibliography Bailey, Mark L. "A Biblical Theology of Paul's Pastoral Epistles." in A Biblical Theology of...

Haydock: Titus (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO TITUS. INTRODUCTION. The design of this epistle is much the same as in the two former to Timothy. He...

Gill: Titus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO TITUS Titus, to whom this epistle is inscribed, was a Greek, an uncircumcised Gentile, and so remained; nor did the apostle circumc...

Gill: Titus 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO TITUS 2 In this chapter the apostle exhorts Timothy to the discharge of his office with respect to all sorts of persons, of every a...

College: Titus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION PLACE OF ORIGIN AND DATE At the time of writing Titus, Paul was in or on his way to Nicopolis where he planned to spend the winter (3:1...

College: Titus (Outline) OUTLINE I. SALUTATION - 1:1-4 II. APPOINTING ELDERS - 1:5-16 A. Qualification of Elders - 1:5-9 B. Elders' Duty to False Teachers - 1:10-...

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