Titus 2:11-15
The saving grace of God has appeared in Christ, training believers to renounce ungodliness and live self-controlled lives as they await the blessed hope of His glorious appearing.
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;
13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
15 Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.
The saving grace of God has appeared in Christ, training believers to renounce ungodliness and live self-controlled lives as they await the blessed hope of his glorious appearing.
To ground the ethical instructions of Titus 2:1-10 in the redemptive work of Christ and to show that grace not only saves but actively trains believers for holy living.
Within the morally unstable Cretan environment, Paul grounds ethical living not in cultural conformity but in the transforming power of divine grace revealed through Christ.
Grace That Trains a Godly People
Saving grace trains believers to live disciplined, godly lives that display the gospel in every relationship and setting.