Christmas Season · Nativity of the Lord - Christmas Eve Proper 1 · Year A
Titus 2:11-14
What Must Be Taught to Various Groups
December 24, 2025
Overview & Insights
“The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all.” (Titus 2:11)
Instructions for Groups of Believers Although this section has affinities to several passages in both the PE and the rest of the NT, the material nonetheless appears here in a unique way. It picks up the framework of 1 Timothy 5:1–2, where people are grouped by age and sex, and in verses 2–8 fleshes out some details, not in terms of Titus’ relationship to them but of their own attitudes and conduct. The language of the details echoes that used for the overseers, deacons, and women in 1 Timothy
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Commentary
Titus 2:11-14 Working Preacher
A reading of grace appearing and training us while we await the blessed hope.
Titus 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on grace that teaches godly living.
Classic commentaries on Titus 2 BibleHub
A classic aggregator with many historic commentators on the verse.
Titus 2 resources Precept Austin
An evangelical hub of commentaries, sermons, and word studies on the chapter.
Background & Word Study
Titus 2:11-14 Enter the Bible
An accessible introduction to the passage's setting and argument.
Overview: Titus BibleProject
An animated overview placing the epistle's ethics within its whole design.
Titus 2:11 Interlinear BibleHub
The Greek of the passage word by word with parsing and lexical helps.
Enter the Bible: Titus Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's book introduction to the pastoral letter's setting and argument.
The Church Fathers
Questions preachers ask
Why does a Christmas reading talk about self-control?
Titus treats grace as a teacher. What appeared at Bethlehem trains those who receive it to live differently in the present age, between the appearing that has happened and the blessed hope that has not.
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