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Titus 2:11-14
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| Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
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Chapter I, Exhortation
to the Greeks,
Clement of
Alexandria (c 200) |
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I.18, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The eighth admonition
belongs to all the godly: seeing that God calls all men to the Gospel,
and Christ has so justified us, that he has also sanctified us, all of
us must therefore give ourselves to true godliness, and righteousness,
setting before us a sure hope of that immeasurable glory. And this thing
must be so learned by them that the deniers also must be reproved, by
the authority of the mighty God." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Redemption from sin
and sanctification of the nature go together, and make a peculiar people
unto God, free from guilt and condemnation, and purified by the Holy
Spirit." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Sobriety, in the
scripture sense, is rather the whole temper of a man, than a single
virtue in him. It comprehends all that is opposite to the drowsiness of
sin, the folly of ignorance, the unholiness of disorderly passions.
Sobriety is no less than all the powers of the soul being consistently
and constantly awake, duly governed by heavenly prudence, and entirely
conformable to holy affections." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Grace exercises discipline,
and is imparted in connection with disciplining chastisements (1Co
11:32; Heb 12:6, 7). The education which the Christian receives from
"the grace" of God is a discipline often trying to flesh and
blood: just as children need disciplining." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The attitude of
Christians is that of waiting in expectation of the fulfillment of a
glorious hope." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Titus 2:11-14, Michael Joseph Brown, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "Our gift back to God is an
expression of our distinctive character as individuals located in a
particular time and place. Drawing upon the best we have to offer,
we live a new world into being." |
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| Articles & Background: |
| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Dost, Timothy, "Homiletical Helps on the LSB Series
A -
Gospels," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section
on this text begins on page 441.)
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| Norris, Kathleen,
"Zealous Hopes," The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Thompson, Dean K.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Titus 2:11-14," Interpretation, 2001.
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