Titus 2:11

The emphatic word is πᾶσιν. The connexion is with what has immediately preceded. No rank or class or type of mankind is outside the saving influence of God's grace. Chrys. concludes a striking picture of the adverse moral environment of slaves with, “It is a difficult and surprising thing that there should ever be a good slave”.

ἐπεφάνη : See note on 1 Timothy 6:14. The grace of God (also Titus 3:7) is His kindness and love of man (Titus 3:4). It appeared (Titus 3:4) (a) as a revelation, in the Incarnation, and also (b) in its visible results; and so it is both heard and recognised (Colossians 1:6). Accordingly Barnabas could see it at Antioch (Acts 11:23). It is possible to stand fast in it (1 Peter 5:12), and to continue in it (Acts 13:43). It is given to men, to be dispensed by them to others (Romans 1:5; Ephesians 3:2; Ephesians 3:7); and if men do not respond to it, they are said to fall short of it (Hebrews 12:15). Here it is described in its essential power and range, σωτήριος πᾶσιν ἀνθρ., … appeared, bringing salvation to all men (so R.V.; A.V.m). This connexion of the words is favoured by the fact that ἐπεφάνη is used absolutely in Titus 3:4.