Titus 2:13

The context

Titus 2 gives instructions for older men, older women, young men, and slaves, all framed by the grace that trains its recipients to live soberly while waiting. Paul has just described the purpose of Christ's self-giving. Verse 13 supplies the hope that the ethical instruction is oriented toward.

What it establishes

The verse names the second appearing as the object of Christian expectation and, on the reading most grammarians prefer, applies both "great God" and "Savior" to Jesus Christ. It is one of the New Testament's plainest ascriptions of deity to Christ.

What it does not establish

It does not settle the grammatical question. The construction can also be read as two figures, “the great God and our Savior,” and translations divide, though the single-article rule favors one referent. Nor does the verse describe the appearing.

Short note, first pass, October 2026. Corrections welcome.

Cited in these answers

• The PERSON of Jesus Christ
• THE Truth

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