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Titus 2:11

ESV For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
NIV For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
NASB For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
CSB For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
NLT For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.
KJV For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
NKJV For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

What does Titus 2:11 mean?

This verse turns the focus of Paul's letter from the Christians of Crete to a discussion of the grace of God. The mention of the appearance of grace is a reference to Jesus Christ and His appearance on earth (John 1:14). The grace Jesus brought was responsible for "bringing salvation for all people." In the past, talk of salvation was primarily focused on the Jews, as God's chosen people. However, with the coming of Jesus, the message of salvation was spreading to both Jews and Gentiles. This concept is especially important in this letter, since Titus was a Gentile and led churches on Crete, a Gentile territory.

Paul develops this theme of human unity elsewhere in his writings. He wrote that being Jewish or Gentile, free or slave, male or female was irrelevant: all are equal in Jesus (Galatians 3:28). In Colossians 3:11, Paul says again that race and ethnicity are meaningless, in terms of our relationship to Christ.
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