Titus 2:13 (ASV)

Passage

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Nearby Context

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

Titus 2:12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looking", "blessed", "hope", "appearing", "glory", "great", "saviour", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looking" and "blessed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "instructing us to the intent that denying..." into verse 14's "who gave himself for us that he...", so "looking" and "blessed" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "looking" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.