Titus 2:11-14
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Chapter I, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.18, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "The eighth admonition belongs to all the godly: seeing that God calls all men to the Gospel, and Christ has so justified us, that he has also sanctified us, all of us must therefore give ourselves to true godliness, and righteousness, setting before us a sure hope of that immeasurable glory. And this thing must be so learned by them that the deniers also must be reproved, by the authority of the mighty God."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Redemption from sin and sanctification of the nature go together, and make a peculiar people unto God, free from guilt and condemnation, and purified by the Holy Spirit."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Sobriety, in the scripture sense, is rather the whole temper of a man, than a single virtue in him. It comprehends all that is opposite to the drowsiness of sin, the folly of ignorance, the unholiness of disorderly passions. Sobriety is no less than all the powers of the soul being consistently and constantly awake, duly governed by heavenly prudence, and entirely conformable to holy affections."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Grace exercises discipline, and is imparted in connection with disciplining chastisements (1Co 11:32; Heb 12:6, 7). The education which the Christian receives from "the grace" of God is a discipline often trying to flesh and blood: just as children need disciplining."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "The attitude of Christians is that of waiting in expectation of the fulfillment of a glorious hope."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Erik Heen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "During his long tenure at Harvard Divinity School, Krister Stendahl (d. 2008) would occasionally hand out his 'Ten Commandments for Biblical Preaching.'"
- Christmas Reunion, Janet H. Hunt, 2013.
- Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Amy L.B. Peeler, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Living zealously, wisely, righteously, godly, and expectantly may, in some situations, appear as gentleness and align with the general mores of the wider society. At other times, however, that way of life may manifest as boldness and challenge to the narrative of the good life the present culture embraces."
- Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Elisabeth Johnson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "This passage stands out as a theological gem in the midst of the moral exhortations of Titus."
- "When Grace Appears," pdf study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Christmas and Epiphany Library," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2011. Focus article: "When Grace Appears," William D. Shiell.
- Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Michael Joseph Brown, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "Our gift back to God is an expression of our distinctive character as individuals located in a particular time and place. Drawing upon the best we have to offer, we live a new world into being."
- "The Grace of God Has Appeared," Paul Bellan-Boyer, City Called Heaven, 2010.
- "These are stories of Presence, when the holy breaks into the ordinary."
- Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Erik Heen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Reading the
Ransom Logion in 1 Tim 2.6 and Titus 2.14 with Isa 42.6-7; 49.6-8,"
J.C. Edwards, Biblica, 2009.
- "In this study I argue that the same author reads the ransom logion in 1 Tim 2,6 and Titus 2,14 in light of Isa 42,6-7; 49,6-8."
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"Reading the
Ransom Logion in 1 Tim 2.6 and Titus 2.14 with Isa 42.6-7; 49.6-8,"
J.C. Edwards, Biblica, 2009.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Dost, Timothy, "Homiletical Helps on the LSB Series
A -
Gospels," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section
on this text begins on page 441.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Norris, Kathleen,
"Zealous Hopes," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thompson, Dean K.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Titus 2:11-14," Interpretation, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Dost, Timothy, "Homiletical Helps on the LSB Series
A -
Gospels," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section
on this text begins on page 441.)
- Theological Articles:
- Sermons:
- The Missing Piece, Scott Suskovic, SermonStudio
- With Children:
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Titus, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Titus 2:13, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Titus . The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Titus
