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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:4

But after that - Greek, when - ὅτε hote The meaning is, that “when the love of God was manifested in the plan of salvation, he saved us from this state God appeared” after we had sinned in this way, but that when his mercy was thus displayed we were converted from our sins, and made pure in his sight.The kindness - χρηστότης chrēstotēs - “the goodness, or the benignity.” The word is rendered “goodness” and “good” in Romans 2:4; Romans 3:12; Romans 11:22, thrice; “kindness,” 2 Corinthians... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 3:4-7

Titus 3:4-7. But after that the kindness Χρηστοτης , the goodness, the benignity, και φιλανθρωπια , and philanthropy, love toward man, of God our Saviour, appeared Επεφανη , was manifested, or shone forth, namely, through the preaching of the gospel. The Father is here called God our Saviour, as is evident from Titus 3:6, where the same person is said to have poured out the Holy Ghost on believers, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Indeed, the title of our Saviour justly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Titus 3:1-11

God’s grace changes lives (2:11-3:11)People are saved only by God’s grace - that loving and merciful attitude of God that freely gives his immeasurable blessings to those who do not deserve them. When people accept the salvation that this grace brings, they learn that their most fitting response is to turn from their former sinful ways and follow the ways of God. They have a desire for holiness, and this desire is increased by their anticipation of Christ’s return (11-13). Christ died not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Titus 3:4

after that = when. kindness . App-184 . love . . . toward man. Greek. philanthropia . Only here and Act 58:2 . The adverb in Acts 27:3 . God . See App-98 . Saviour . See Titus 1:3 . appeared. See App-106 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Titus 3:4

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,The wretched night of human sin, suffering and shame was pitied by the Father himself; and Paul here related that pitying and loving kindness of God to the rescue of the Christians from the intolerable lives of sin which they formerly lived. John 3:16 is an excellent comment on this verse, for Paul was thinking of how God's kindness and love toward men had "appeared" upon earth in the epic events of the Incarnation and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Titus 3:4

Titus 3:4. God our Saviour— It is observable, that God the Father is here called our Saviour; to intimate that it was his paternal love to us, which engaged him to appoint his Son to redeem us, and to perform for us all those important offices, by which he accomplishes the salvation of the faithful. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:4

4. To show how little reason the Cretan Christians had to be proud of themselves, and despise others not Christians (see on Titus 3:2). It is to the "kindness and love of God," not to their own merits, that they owe salvation. kindness—Greek, "goodness," "benignity," which manifests His grace. love . . . toward man—teaching us to have such "love (benevolence) toward man" (Greek, "philanthropy"), "showing all meekness unto all men" (Titus 3:2- :), even as God had "toward man" (Titus 3:2- :);... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Titus 3:1-8

Individual responsibility 3:1-8"After a brief exhortation to Titus (Titus 2:15) to ’teach these things’ (at least Titus 2:1-14), Paul returns in this section to the major concern of the letter-’good works’ (i.e., genuinely Christian behavior) for the sake of the outsider (Titus 3:1-8) and in contrast to the false teachers (Titus 3:9-11)." [Note: Fee, p. 200.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Titus 3:1-11

2. The behavior of all in the church 3:1-11Paul broadened the focus of his instructions to clarify the responsibilities of all Christians in view of God’s grace. read more

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