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But when the kindness of God, our Savior, and his love toward man, appeared,
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A Decisive Intervention
The verse begins with "But when," signaling a dramatic turning point. Commentators emphasize that salvation is not a human achievement or gradual self-improvement. Instead, it is a decisive intervention where God's kindness and love broke into the world's sinful state, initiated entirely by His grace and not our merit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But after that. The Greek is ote (meaning 'when'). The meaning is that "when the love of God was manifested in the plan of salvat…
The kindness (η χρηστοτης). See Ro 2:4 for this very word used of God as here.
His love toward man (η φιλα…
19th Century
Anglican
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.—Another thought now wells up in the Apostle’…
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Baptist
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, an…
Our salvation roots in a definite historical event, “when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared.” “Appeared” (cf. 2:11) looks back to th…
16th Century
Protestant
Either the principal clause in this sentence is that "God has saved us by his mercy," or the language is elliptical. Thus, it would be proper to su…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But after that After all this series and course of wickedness; notwithstanding all this foolishness, disobedience, d…
Spiritual privileges do not invalidate or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good intentions are not enough without good works. …
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle gave specific admonitions suited to particular situations; here he gives general admonitions for all. He first gives the ad…
