Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
To show how little reason the Cretan Christians had to be proud of themselves, and despise others not Christians (see on Titus 3:2-3). It is to the "kindness and love of God," not to their own merits, that they owe salvation.
kindness--Greek, "goodness," "benignity," which manifests His grace.
love . . . toward man--teaching us to have such "love (benevolence) toward man" (Greek, "philanthropy"), "showing all meekness unto all men" (Titus 3:2), even as God had "toward man" (Titus 2:11); opposed to the "hateful and hating" characteristics of unrenewed men, whose wretchedness moved God's benevolent kindness.
of God our Saviour--Greek, "of our Saviour God," namely, the Father (Titus 1:3), who "saved us" (Titus 3:5) "through Jesus Christ our Saviour" (Titus 3:6).
appeared--Greek, "was made to appear"; was manifested.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 5:5
1 Timothy 1:1
1 Timothy 3:16
Titus 2:11
Titus 3:1
Titus 3:3
Titus 3:5
Titus 3:7
Titus 3:8
Hebrews 2:9
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