Titus 2:13-14 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

The soul-culture of the world. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men," etc. "Taking occasion from what he had just said of the connection between the conduct of Christians and the doctrine they professed to have received, and the connection of both with the glory of God, the apostle proceeds in these verses to ground the whole of his exhortations respecting the behavior of Christians in the essentially moral nature and design of the grace of God, as now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:13

The for that, A.V.; appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior for the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Savior, A.V. Looking for ( προσδεχόμενοι ); the word commonly applied to waiting for the kingdom of God ( Mark 15:43 ; Luke 2:25 , Luke 2:38 ; Luke 12:36 ; Luke 23:1-56 . 51; Jud 21). The blessed hope. The hope here means the thing hoped for, as in Acts 24:14 (where both the subjective hope and the thing hoped for are included); Galatians... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:13

The coming day. We are to live with a great sky of immortality above us; for no mere secularism has motive power enough to sustain a noble life. It breaks down always through the consciousness that nothing matters much, for death ends all; as the skeptic in Ecclesiastes is supposed to feel when he says, "All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked." I. THE UPWARD LOOK . "Looking for that blessed hope." What is that hope? This—that one day... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

A people for his own possession for a peculiar people, A.V. Who gave himself for us. The resemblance in thought and diction to 1 Timothy 2:3-6 has been already pointed out. "Who gave himself" ( ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτόν ) is there expressed by ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτόν , and "that he might redeem us" ( ἵνα λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ) by ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων . (For the great truths contained in the words "who gave himself," comp. John 10:11 , John 10:17 , John 10:18 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

The purport and extent of Christ's Saviorship. Mark— I. THE PERSON WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US . "Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ." Here the atonement is connected with the Deity of the Savior, as if to showy that the true Godhead of the Son gave infinite value to his sufferings. II. THE ATONING WORK . "Who gave himself for us." Two things are here implied. 1. Priestly action. For he "gave himself" freely, the language being borrowed from Levitical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

The giving of the self. This is the most beautiful of the sentences in this Epistle. Christ came not merely to teach, or to reveal the fatherhood of God, but to give himself. I. HE DID THIS IN HIS LIFE . All his exquisite sensibilities were bruised in a world of selfishness and sin. The sorrows and griefs of men hurt him. He did not merely give his thoughts, or give his time, or give his infinite help. He "gave himself." II. HE DID THIS IS HIS DEATH . As... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 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 are patiently to wait for the coming of our Lord.We are to believe that he will return; We are to be in a posture of expectation, not knowing when he will come; and, We are to be ready for him whenever he shall come; see the Matthew 24:42-44 notes; 1 Thessalonians 5:4 note; Philippians 3:20 note. That blessed hope - The fulfillment of that hope so full... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us - See the notes at Ephesians 5:2.That he might redeem us from all iniquity - The word here rendered “redeem” - λυτρόω lutroō, occurs only here and in Luk 24:21; 1 Peter 1:18. The noun, however - λύτρον lutron, occurs in Matthew 20:28; and Mark 10:45; where it is rendered “ransom;” see it explained in the notes at Matthew 20:28. It is here said that the object of his giving himself was to save his people from all iniquity; see this explained in the notes at Matthew... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 2:13-14

Titus 2:13-14. Looking With eager desire and lively expectation; for the blessed hope That is, for the blessedness for which we hope; the grace of hope being here put for the object of it, future and eternal felicity. And the glorious appearing Very different from his former appearance in a state of poverty, reproach, and suffering; of the great God and our Saviour The original expression, επιφανειαν της δοξης του μεγαλου Θεου και Σωτηρος ημων , are literally, the appearing, or ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 2:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 2:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 2:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Titus 2:11-15

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