Titus 2:11 (DRB)

Passage

For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men:

Nearby Context

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters: in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

Titus 2:10 Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men:

Titus 2:12 Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and justly and godly in this world,

Titus 2:13 Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "saviour", "hath", 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 defrauding but in all things shewing..." into verse 12's "Instructing us that denying ungodliness and worldly...", so "grace" and "saviour" 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 "saviour" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.