TITUS 2:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people zealous for good works — Christ's self-giving (heauton edōken) echoes Isaiah 53 and Galatians 1:4, establishing substitutionary atonement as the foundation for redemption from lawlessness (adikia). The purpose is twofold: personal redemption and corporate consecration — Christ purifies a people (laos) exclusively his own (periousios), marked by zeal for good works (ergōn kalōn). Sanctification becomes not escape from creation but transformed living within it.
Church Fathers on Titus 2:14
Having demanded from servants so great virtue, for it is great virtue to adorn the doctrine of our God and Saviour in all things, and charged them to give no occasion of offense to their masters, even in common matters, he adds the just cause, why servants should be such: “For the grace of God, that brings salvation, has appeared.” Those who have God for their Teacher, may well be such as I have described, seeing their numberless sins have been forgiven to them. For you know…
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