When Paul wrote in verse 11 that “the grace of God … hath appeared,” he was probably referring to the first advent of Christ. When Jesus came, God’s grace was made incarnate in human flesh. “We behold his glory,” John recalled, “the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Grace, truth, and glory were evident in all that Jesus was, said, and did. When Paul wrote Titus 2:13, however, he was directing our attention to the
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