Bob -
Regarding Titus 2:11:
Yes Joel, and may I add ...
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
So we have been taught and do believe, that our faith comes only as a gift from God who calls us individually and gives us to Christ to teach and protect. Yet some teach that anyone may seek after God and find God by their own efforts. So how do we explain Titus 2:11 which reads: "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men"
Indiana bob
Here are other translations:
KJ21 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
ASV For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
AMP For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
AMPC For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind.
BRG For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
CSB For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
CEB The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
CJB For God’s grace, which brings deliverance, has appeared to all people.
CEV God has shown us how kind he is by coming to save all people.
DARBY For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,
DLNT For the grace of God appeared bringing-salvation for all people,
DRA For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men;
ERV That is the way we should live, because God’s grace has come. That grace can save everyone.
ESV For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
ESVUK For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
EXB ·That is the way we should live, because [L For] God’s grace that can save everyone has ·come [appeared; been revealed].
GNV For that grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared,
GW After all, God’s saving kindness has appeared for the benefit of all people.
GNT For God has revealed his grace for the salvation of all people.
HCSB For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,
ICB That is the way we should live, because God’s grace has come. That grace can save every person.
ISV For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
PHILLIPS For the grace of God, which can save every man, has now become known, and it teaches us to have no more to do with godlessness or the desires of this world but to live, here and now, responsible, honourable and God-fearing lives. And while we live this life we hope and wait for the glorious denouement of the Great God and of Jesus Christ our saviour. For he gave himself for us all,
that he might rescue us from all our evil ways and make for himself a people of his own, clean and pure, with our hearts set upon living a life that is good.
JUB ¶ For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
KJV For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
AKJV For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
LEB For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
TLB For the free gift of eternal salvation is now being offered to everyone;
MSG God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears.
He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.MEV For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
MOUNCE For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
NOG After all, God’s saving kindness has appeared for the benefit of all people.
NABRE For the grace of God has appeared, saving all
NASB For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
NCV That is the way we should live, because God’s grace that can save everyone has come.
NET For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
NIRV God’s grace has now appeared. By his grace, God offers to save all people.
NIV For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
NIVUK For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
NKJV For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
NLV God’s free gift of
being saved is being given to everyone.
NLT For the grace of God has been revealed,
bringing salvation to all people.
NRSV For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all,
NRSVA For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all,
NRSVACE For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all,
NRSVCE For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all,
NTE God’s saving grace, you see, appeared for all people.
OJB For the Chen v’Chesed of Hashem has appeared, bringing Yeshu’at Eloheynu to kol Bnei Adam,
RSV For the grace of God has appeared
for the salvation of all men,
RSVCE For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,
TLV For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men,VOICE We have cause to celebrate because the grace of God has appeared, offering the gift of salvation to all people.
WEB For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men,WE God's loving kindness has come. It is through that blessing that all men are saved.
WYC For the grace of God, our Saviour, hath appeared to all men,
YLT For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,
Does it appear that all will be saved in this age of Grace; or each in the time of His own choosing?
Warmest Regards.
George