conduct the grace already received in salvation, and without pretending that

the following outline is either complete or faultless, we believe it will

serve the purpose of all structures, namely to indicate the trend and scope

of the passage under consideration.

A

Obedient to masters.

Showing all good fidelity.

B

C

Zealous of good works.

A

Obey magistrates.

Showing all meekness.

B

Kindness and love.

C

Maintain good works.

It will be observed at once that the title `Saviour' is not to be

limited to the initial act of Gospel salvation, but bears upon the whole of

life and service with future hope and glory, and that while salvation is not

of works, those who are justified by grace should nevertheless be zealous of,

and maintain good works, for thus only can the doctrine of God our Saviour be

The principal sentence of Titus 2:11 -14 shorn temporarily of its

extensions and expansions, reads `the grace of God that bringeth salvation

... teaches us ... that we should live ... looking'.

The essence of the apostle's teaching here is that while it is

fundamentally true that the grace of God is the only `cause' of our salvation

and that we must earnestly maintain that `not by works of righteousness which

we have done' have we been saved, it is also most certain that he would have

us realize that the same grace that was active at our initial salvation does

not leave us, but continues to teach us, not only giving us life at the

beginning, but leading us `to live soberly, in this present world'.  Not only

so, it encourages us to `live looking' for the appearing of the Saviour, the

Blessed Hope which will act as an anchor in life's turmoil and exercise a

benign encouragement throughout our pilgrim journey.  Let us focus our

attention at the close of the passage upon these two operations of grace,

namely, the redemption From all iniquity, and the purification Unto Himself

of a peculiar people, the good works that had been so rigorously excluded at

the root, being most sought after as the fruit of this great salvation.  This

is Paul's expansion of the idea `adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all

It will be seen that the A.V. reads `for the grace of God that bringeth

salvation hath appeared to all men' (Titus 2:11), and puts as an alternative

in the margin `that bringeth salvation to all men, hath appeared'.  The R.V.

reads `for the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men',

placing in the margin `hath appeared to all men, bringing salvation' as an

alternative.  Webster and Wilkinson render the passage `for clearly shines

the grace of God, the means of salvation to all men', and Moffatt reads: `for

the grace of God has appeared to save all men'.  Perhaps Cunnington's

rendering is as near to the apostle's intention as any: