Titus 2

Titus · Chapter 2

Titus 2:11

1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.6Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

In context

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Paul gives the reason behind all the instructions in 2:1-10, beginning "For." The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. Titus 2:1Titus 2:10Titus 2:11

Commonly taken out of context

How it’s often usedQuoted to teach that every person is saved automatically because grace "hath appeared to all men," whatever they believe or how they live.

In contextGrace "hath appeared to all men," and it teaches those who receive it to deny ungodliness (2:12). God "will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4), and salvation is "by grace... through faith" (Ephesians 2:8). Titus 2:11Titus 2:121 Timothy 2:4Ephesians 2:8

SpeakingPaul, who calls himself "a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ." Titus overview

ToTitus, Paul's "own son after the common faith," whom Paul had left in Crete to set the churches in order. Titus overview

Also involvedThe believers in Crete, whom Titus was to teach and set in order. Titus overview

This verse begins Paul's grounding for the whole chapter (2:11-14). God's grace has appeared, and it both saves and teaches (2:12). Titus 2:11Titus 2:12Titus overview

Titus was in Crete, a large Mediterranean island with churches "in every city." The letter does not say where Paul was, but he planned to winter at Nicopolis. Titus overview

The eventsGrace "hath appeared": Paul speaks of it as already shown in history, and in 2:13 he looks ahead to the "glorious appearing" still to come. Titus 2:11Titus 2:13

WrittenTraditional: about AD 63-65, after Paul's release from his first Roman imprisonment. Scholarly: many hold that a follower wrote the letter in Paul's name about AD 80-100; others accept that Paul wrote it. Titus overview

HerePaul explains why servants and everyone else should live this way: grace has come to them, and grace changes how people live. Titus 2:10Titus 2:11Titus 2:12

In the whole of ScripturePaul writes that God "will have all men to be saved" (1 Timothy 2:4), and that "by grace are ye saved through faith" (Ephesians 2:8). John says "grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). 1 Timothy 2:4Ephesians 2:8John 1:17

For readersNo one is outside the reach of God's grace in Christ, whatever their age, sex or social station. Grace is the starting point of Christian living. Titus 2:111 Timothy 2:4

  • hath appearedἐπιφαίνω
    Greek · epiphainō · G2014

    The word means to show forth or appear. Here the grace of God has appeared to all men. Strong's G2014Titus 2:11

  • graceχάρις
    Greek · charis · G5485

    The word means grace or favour. Strong's G5485

  • that bringeth salvationσωτηρία
    Greek · sōtēria · G4991

    The word is related to salvation, deliverance. Grace here is saving grace. Strong's G4991

Takeaway

God's saving grace has appeared to all people in Christ. It is the root of every good thing Paul asks believers to do. Titus 2:11Titus 2:12Ephesians 2:8

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Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
Has appearedἘπεφάνηEpephanēG2014
to appear

ἐπιφαίνω (epiphainō) ἐπι-φαίνω [in LXX for עוּר hi., etc. ;] 1. to show forth. 2. (= pass. in cl.) to appear: Act.27:20; with dative of person(s), Luk.1:79; metaphorically, Tit.3:4; with dative, Tit.2:11 (Cremer, 567).† (AS)

forγὰρgarG1063
for

γάρ (gar) γάρ, co-ordinating particle, contr. of γε ἄρα, verily then, hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why, and when giving a reason or explanation, for, the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.; 1. explicative and epexegetic: Mat.4:18 19:12, Mrk.1:16 5:42 16:4, Luk.11:3o, Rom.7:1, 1Co.16:5, al. 2. Conclusive, in questions, answers and exclamations: Mat.9:5 27:23, Luk.9:25 22:27, Jhn.9:30, Act.8:31 16:37 19:35, Rom.15:26, 1Co.9:10, Php.1:18 (Ellic., in l.), 1Th.2:20, al. …

graceχάριςcharisG5485
grace

χάρις (charis) χάρις, -ιτος, ἡ Abbott-Smith does not include the article here., accusative, χάριν (χάριτα in Act.24:27, Ju 4; see WH, App., 157), [in LXX chiefly for חֵן ;] 1. objectively, that which causes favourable regard, gracefulness, grace, loveliness of form, graciousness of speech (cl.; Ecc.10:12, Sir.21:16, al.): Col.4:6; λόγοι τ. χάριτος (genitive qual.), Luk.4:22. 2. Subjectively, …

of GodθεοῦtheouG2316
God

θεός (theos) θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.), [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ;] a god or deity, God. 1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Act.28:6, 1Co.8:4, 2Th.2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Gal.4:8, al. 2. Of the one true God; …

[bringing] salvationσωτήριοςsōtēriosG4991
salvation

σωτηρία (sōtēria) σωτηρία, -ας, ἡ (σωτήρ), [in LXX for יֶשַׁע, יְשׁוּעָה, תְּשׁוּעָה, פְּלֵיטָה, etc. ;] deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety (Lat. salus): Act.7:25 27:34, Heb.11:7; ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, Luk.1:71. In NT esp. of Messianic and spiritual salvation (see: σώζω): Luk.19:9, Jhn.4:22, Act.4:12 13:47, Rom.11:11, 2Th.2:13, 2Ti.3:15, Heb.2:3 6:9, 2Pe.3:15, Ju 3; opposite to ἀπηώλεια, Php.1:28; αἰώνιος-., Heb.5:9; ὁ λόγος (τὸ εὐαγγέλιον) τῆς σ., Act.13:26, Eph.1:13; ὁδὸς σωτηρίας, Act.16:17; κέρας σωτηρίας, Luk.1:69; ἡμέρα σωτηρίας, 2Co.6:2 (LXX); κατεργάζεσθαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σ., Php.2:12; κληρονομεῖν σ., Heb.1: …

to allπᾶσινpasinG3956
all

πᾶς (pas) πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ;] all, every. I. As adj., 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20, Rom.7:8, Rev.18:17, al. mult.; pl., all, Act.22:15, Rom.5:12, Heb.1:6, al.; of the highest degree, π. ἐξουσία (προθυμία, χαρά), Mat.28:18, Act.17:11, Phi 2:29, al.; also the whole (though in this sense more frequently with art.), Mat.2:3, Act.2:36, Rom.11:26. …

menἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisG0444
a human

ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) ἄνθρωπος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ ,אָדָם, also for אֱנוֹשׁ, etc. ;] man: 1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): Jhn.16:21; with art., Mat.4:4 12:35, Mrk.2:27, Jhn.2:25, Rom.7:1, al; disting. from God, Mat.19:6, Jhn.10:33, Col.3:23, al.; from animals, etc., Mat.4:19, Luk.5:10, Rev.9:4, al.; implying human frailty and imperfection, 1Co.3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων, 1Co.2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.4:2; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖν, 1Co.3:3; κατὰ ἄ. λέγειν (λαλεῖν), Rom.3:5, 1Co.9:8; κατὰ ἄ- λέγειν, Gal.3:15 (cf. 1Co.15:32, Gal.1:11); by meton., of man's nature or condition, ὁ …

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.