Appearing
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G2015 names appearing or manifestation, used for Christ's saving revelation and His future appearing in judgment, reward, and hope. Readers often come to this word asking about appearing of Christ, blessed hope, second coming, and why Christ's appearing matters now.
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G2015 names appearing or manifestation, used for Christ's saving revelation and His future appearing in judgment, reward, and hope. Readers often come to this word asking about appearing of Christ, blessed hope, second coming, and why Christ's appearing matters now.
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include appearing (3), appearance (2), majesty (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Thessalonians 2:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (3), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), Titus (1).
G2015 names appearing or manifestation, used for Christ's saving revelation and His future appearing in judgment, reward, and hope. Readers often come to this word asking about appearing of Christ, blessed hope, second coming, and why Christ's appearing matters now. In the Pastoral Epistles, the word must be read inside the sentence, the paragraph, and the local charge to Timothy or Titus before it becomes a broader teaching category.
This companion keeps the search question useful while refusing to let a search term control the text. It helps shepherds, teachers, leaders, churches, groups, families, and disciples ask what the passage is actually doing, how the word serves the book argument, and how the gospel governs the application. It also guards against treating future hope as speculation rather than a present summons to faithfulness.
The aim is not to create a shortcut around Scripture but to make the word a doorway back into Scripture with clearer questions and better boundaries.
Appearing; manifestation matters for readers because it opens the way Christ's appearing frames courage, obedience, endurance, and longing.
Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Timothy must keep the commandment until the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
Grace is revealed through the appearing of Christ, who abolishes death and brings life to light.
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
Paul charges Timothy in view of Christ's appearing and kingdom.
As we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Believers await the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Greek word. A visible, glorious manifestation or appearing, especially of Christ's divine presence and power at the end of time.
A visible, glorious manifestation or appearing, especially of Christ's divine presence and power at the end of time.
(ἐπιφανής), [in LXX: 2Ki.7:23 (יָרֵא), Est.5:1, Amo.5:22, 2Ma.2:21 2Mac 3:24 2Mac 5:4 2Mac 12:22 2Mac 14:16 2Mac 15:27, 3Ma.2:9 3Mac 5:8 3Mac 5:51,* ;] (in late Gk. and Inscr., frequently of deities, see MM, Exp., xiv) a manifestation, appearance: 2Th.2:8, 1Ti.6:14, 2Ti.1:10 4:1 4:8, Tit.2:13 (cf. M, Th., 148 f.).
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
ἐπιφάνεια is built from this root:
Paul emphasizes the historical manifestation of Christ through which salvation and life are revealed. 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Believers live in anticipation of Christ’s return, which motivates faithful endurance. 2 Timothy 1:8-12
Eschatological hope motivates present obedience. 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Teach G2015 by starting with the local passage and the burden that caused the word to matter there. The entry opens the way Christ's appearing frames courage, obedience, endurance, and longing. A faithful teacher should define the word plainly, show how the immediate context uses it, and then move carefully to related witnesses without pretending that one word proves every doctrine attached to the subject.
This matters for end users who may search for appearing of Christ, blessed hope, second coming, and why Christ's appearing matters now but need more than a dictionary answer. The word should bring them back to Christ, the gospel, the household of God, and the obedience Scripture calls for. It corrects eschatology that is detached from holiness, mission, and confidence in Christ.
Keep the tone clear and sober: enough definition to orient the reader, enough canonical connection to deepen trust, and enough restraint to avoid making the word say more than the passage says.
1Tim.6.14
The noun describes manifestation or appearing. In these letters it is concentrated around Christ's revelation and return.
Use the Old Testament and wider canonical background only where the cited passages or the local lexicon artifact warrant it. The Pastoral Epistles remain the controlling entry point for this batch.
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