Titus 2:13

“awaiting the happy hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah,”

Titus 2:13 · direct translation from the Greek
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While we wait for his appearing, grace teaches us to live with self-control and justiceJesus Will ReturnPaul speaks of awaiting the happy hope while living sensiblyHope

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Titus 2:13, word by word

awaitingπροσδεχόμενοιprosdechomenoi

wait for

To look for something coming, like God's kingdom.

Where else “prosdechomenoi” appears
the happyμακαρίανmakarian

blessed, happy

Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.

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hopeἐλπίδαelpida

hope

Hope: confidence in what God will do.

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appearingἐπιφάνειανepiphaneian

appearing

Appearing: a visible, glorious showing.

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of the gloryδόξηςdoxēs

glory

The greatness and splendor of God.

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greatμεγάλουmegalou

greater

Of greater importance or rank than the rest.

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Godθεοῦtheou

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

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Saviorσωτῆροςsōtēros

Savior

Savior.

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JesusἸησοῦIēsou

Jesus

Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).

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the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou

Messiah

Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.

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Translation note

In Greek a single article covers “great God” and “Savior,” and “our” follows both; so it is translated as one person, Jesus the Messiah (compare 2 Peter 1:11, “our Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah”). It can also be understood as “of the great God and of our Savior Jesus the Messiah.”

The context

12training us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly desires, we may live sensibly and justly and godly in the present age,

13 · This verse (above)

14who gave himself for us so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people of his own, zealous for good works.

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