Titus 2:11 (DBY)

Passage

For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,

Nearby Context

Titus 2:9 bondmen to be subject to their own masters, to make themselves acceptable in everything; not gainsaying;

Titus 2:10 not robbing [their masters], but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which [is] of our Saviour God in all things.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,

Titus 2:12 teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "carries", "salvation", and "appeared". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "not robbing their masters but shewing all..." into verse 12's "teaching us that having denied impiety and...", so "grace" and "carries" 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 "grace" and "carries" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.