I hope every person on earth\par learns about you, God.\par Let every nation see how you save people.\par
Titus 2:11 - Easy To Read Version \{That is the way we should live,\} because God’s grace (kindness) has come. That grace can save every person. And that grace has been given to us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. American Standard Version (1901) For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, Common English Bible The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. Catholic Public Domain Version For the grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the grace of God our Savior hath appeared to all men; |
I hope every person on earth\par learns about you, God.\par Let every nation see how you save people.\par
The Lord is our protector and glorious king. {\cf2\super [491]} \par God blesses us with kindness and glory.\par The Lord gives every good thing\par to people who follow and obey him.\par
Announce to the nations\par that the Lord is King!\par So the world will not be destroyed.\par The Lord will rule the people fairly.\par
All you people in faraway places should \{stop following those false gods\}. You should follow me and be saved. I am God. There is no other God. I am the only God.
“You are a very important servant to me.\par The people of Israel are prisoners,\par but they will be brought back to me.\par Jacob’s family groups will come back to me.\par But, you have another job;\par it is even more important than this!\par I will make you a light for all nations.\par You will be my way to save\par all the people on earth.”\par
The Lord will show his holy strength\par to all the nations.\par All the faraway countries will see\par how God saves his people.\par
That tall mountain will be like a flat place for Zerubbabel. He will build the temple, and when the most important stone is put in place, the people will shout, ‘Beautiful! Beautiful!’”
So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize {\cf2\super [444]} them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [445]}
Jesus said to the followers, “Go everywhere in the world. Tell the Good News {\cf2\super [240]} to every person.
Every person will know about\par the salvation of God!’”\par \i (Isaiah 40:3-5)\i0 \par
The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.
The true Light was coming into the world. This is the true Light that gives light to all people.
After the meeting, many of the Jews followed Paul and Barnabas from that place. With the Jews there were many converts {\cf2\super [275]} to the Jewish religion. These converts also worshiped the true God. Paul and Barnabas were persuading them to continue trusting in God’s grace (kindness).
In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.
I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).
But I ask, “Did people not hear \{the Good News\}?” Yes, they heard—\{like the Scripture {\cf2\super [111]} says\}:
But God’s free gift is not like Adam’s sin. Many people died because of the sin of that one man (Adam). But the grace (kindness) that people received from God was much greater. Many people received God’s gift \{of life\} by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.
Through our faith, Christ has brought us into that blessing of God’s grace (kindness) that we now enjoy. And we are very happy because of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory.
We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Don’t let the grace (kindness) that you received from God be for nothing.
This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.
We were \{spiritually\} dead. We were dead because of the things we did wrong against God. But God gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace (kindness).
I mean that you are saved by grace. And you got that grace by believing. You did not save yourselves. It was a gift from God.
Christ will do this if you continue to believe in the Good News {\cf2\super [7]} you heard. You must continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope that Good News gave you. That same Good News has been told to all people in the world. I, Paul, help in telling that Good News.
that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and growing. This same thing has happened with you since the time you heard that Good News and understood the truth about the grace (kindness) of God.
But the grace (kindness) of our Lord was fully given to me. And with that grace came the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
God wants all people to be saved. And he wants all people to know the truth.
That grace was not shown to us until now. It was shown to us when our Savior Christ Jesus came. Jesus destroyed death and showed us the way to have life. Yes! Through the Good News Jesus showed us the way to have life that cannot be destroyed.
But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News {\cf2\super [23]} everywhere. The Lord wanted all the non-Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s (enemy’s) mouth.
Be careful that no person fails to get God’s grace (kindness). Be careful that no person becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. A person like that can ruin your whole group.
For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace (kindness) Jesus died for every person.