the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Titus 2:13
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We should live like that while we are waiting for the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our great hope, and he will come with glory.
lokinge for that blessed hope and glorious apperenge of ye myghty god and of oure savioure Iesu Christ
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior, Yeshua the Messiah;
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
We should live like that while we wait for our great hope and the coming of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of Jesus Christ, our great God and Savior;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Savior Jesus Christ;
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ;
Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ.
in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist;
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We are filled with hope, as we wait for the glorious return of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
awaiting and confidently expecting the [fulfillment of our] blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
while continuing to expect the blessed fulfillment of our certain hope, which is the appearing of the Sh'khinah of our great God and the appearing of our Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah.
awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
as we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.Acts 24:15; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 1:5,23; 3:4; Colossians 1:5,23, 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Titus 1:2; 3:7; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:7; 2 Peter 3:12; 1 John 3:2;">[xr]
while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha;
looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Sauiour Iesus Christ,
while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.
We are to be looking for the great hope and the coming of our great God and the One Who saves, Christ Jesus.
while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Looking for that blessed hope, and appearing of that glorie of that mightie God, and of our Sauiour Iesus Christ,
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus, -
Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe,
as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.
while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
looking forward to the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
looking for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,
lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of ye greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ:
in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ,
as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
We all keep one eye on the horizon as we wait for our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, to come riding back over the hill to get us.
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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Looking: 1 Corinthians 1:7, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21, 2 Timothy 4:8, 2 Peter 3:12-14
blessed: Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Acts 24:15, Romans 5:5, Romans 8:24, Romans 8:25, Romans 15:13, Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 1:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 6:19, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 John 3:3
the glorious: Job 19:25-27, Isaiah 25:9, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 26:64, Mark 8:38, Mark 14:62, 1 Timothy 6:13, 1 Timothy 6:14, Hebrews 9:28, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:6,*Gr: Colossians 3:4, 2 Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 1:7
our: Titus 3:4, Titus 3:6, 2 Peter 3:18, 1 John 4:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 33:18 - General Psalms 24:10 - he is Psalms 88:1 - Lord Psalms 96:13 - he cometh Psalms 98:2 - made Isaiah 9:6 - The mighty God Isaiah 19:20 - he shall send Isaiah 43:11 - General Isaiah 45:21 - a just Isaiah 45:22 - for Isaiah 66:5 - but Matthew 25:1 - went Luke 1:47 - God John 1:1 - the Word was John 5:23 - all men John 10:30 - General Acts 5:31 - a Saviour Acts 7:2 - The God Acts 26:6 - the promise Romans 3:12 - there is none Romans 8:23 - waiting Romans 12:12 - Rejoicing Galatians 5:5 - the hope Ephesians 1:18 - is Ephesians 3:18 - able Ephesians 4:4 - as Philippians 2:6 - in Colossians 2:9 - in 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - wait 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - in 2 Thessalonians 1:7 - when 2 Thessalonians 1:9 - the glory 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - and into 1 Timothy 1:1 - God 2 Timothy 1:10 - our Titus 1:3 - God Hebrews 1:8 - O God Hebrews 12:2 - Looking James 2:1 - the Lord 1 Peter 1:5 - ready 2 Peter 1:1 - of God and our Saviour 1 John 2:28 - when 1 John 3:16 - perceive 1 John 5:20 - This is
Cross-References
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant which is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Looking for that blessed hope,.... Not the grace of hope; though that being a good hope through grace, and a hope of blessedness, may be called a blessed hope; yet this the saints have already implanted in their hearts in regeneration, and cannot be said to look for it: rather Christ, the object and ground of hope, who is our hope, and Christ in us the hope of glory, who is blessed for evermore; and in the enjoyment of whom the happiness of the saints hereafter will greatly consist; and whom they look for, and expect from heaven, and who is expressly mentioned in the next clause: but as this may be something distinct from that, it may be best, by this blessed hope, to understand the thing hoped for, eternal glory and happiness; called elsewhere the hope of righteousness, and the hope laid up in heaven, Galatians 5:5 and which will lie in the beatific vision of God and Christ; in a perfect knowledge of them, in communion with them, and conformity to them; and in the society of angels and glorified saints; and in a freedom from all evil, outward and inward, and in the possession of all good: and to be looking for this, is to be desiring it with the heart and affections set upon it, longing to be in the enjoyment of it, and yet waiting patiently in the exercise of faith and hope; for looking includes all the three graces, faith, hope, and love; and particularly the former, which is always attended with the latter; for it is such a looking for this blessedness, as that a man firmly believes he shall partake of it: and there is good reason for a regenerate man so to look for it; since it is his Father's gift of free grace, and is laid up for him; Christ is gone to prepare it by his presence, mediation, and intercession; yea, he is gone, as the forerunner, to take possession of it in his name: this man is begotten again to a lively hope of it; he is called by the grace of God unto it; he is a child of God, and so an heir of it; he has a right unto it, through the justifying righteousness of Christ, and has a meetness for it through the sanctifying grace of the Spirit; and who is in him as the earnest and pledge of it: now such a firm expectation of the heavenly glory does the Gospel, the doctrine of the grace of God, teach, direct, and encourage to; for these words must be read in connection with the preceding, as a further instruction of the Gospel, as well as what follows:
and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; not two divine persons, only one, are here intended; for the word: rendered "appearing", is never used of God the Father, only of the second person; and the propositive article is not set before the word "Saviour", as it would, if two distinct persons were designed; and the copulative "and" is exegetical, and may he rendered thus, "and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ"; who, in the next verse, is said to give himself for the redemption of his people: so that here is a very illustrious proof of the true and proper deity of Christ, who will appear at his second coming; for of that appearance are the, words to be understood, as the great God, in all the glories and perfections of his divine nature; as well as a Saviour, which is mentioned to show that he will appear to the salvation of his people, which he will then put them in the full possession of; and that the brightness of his divine Majesty will not make them afraid: and this appearance will be a glorious one; for Christ will come in his own glory, in the glory of his deity, particularly his omniscience and omnipotence will be very conspicuous; and in his glory as Mediator, which will be beheld by all the saints; and in his glory as a Judge, invested with power and authority from his Father, which will be terrible to sinners; and in the glory of his human nature, with which it is now crowned; and in his Father's glory, in the same he had with him before the world was, and which is the same with his, and in that which he will receive from him as man and Mediator, and as the Judge of the whole earth; and in the glory of his holy angels, being attended with all his mighty ones: to which may be added, that saints will be raised from the dead, and with the living ones appear with Christ in glory, and make up the bride, the Lamb's wife, having the glory of God upon her; so that this will be a grand appearance indeed. Now this the Gospel directs, and instructs believers to look for, to love, to hasten to, most earnestly desire, and yet patiently wait for, most firmly believing that it will be: and this the saints have reason to look for, with longing desire and affection, and with pleasure, since it will be not only glorious in itself, but advantageous to them; they will then be glorified with Christ, and be for ever with him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Looking for - Expecting; waiting for. That is, in the faithful performance of our duties to ourselves, to our fellow-creatures, and to God, we are patiently to wait for the coming of our Lord.
- We are to believe that he will return;
- We are to be in a posture of expectation, not knowing when he will come; and,
- We are to be ready for him whenever he shall come; see the Matthew 24:42-44 notes; 1 Thessalonians 5:4 note; Philippians 3:20 note.
That blessed hope - The fulfillment of that hope so full of blessedness to us.
The glorious appearing - Notes, 2 Thessalonians 2:8; compare 1Ti 6:14; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:8.
Of the great God - There can be little doubt, if any, that by “the great God” here, the apostle referred to the Lord Jesus, for it is not a doctrine of the New Testament that God himself as such, or in contradistinction from his incarnate Son, will appear at the last day. It is said, indeed, that the Saviour will come “in the glory of his Father, with his angels” Matthew 16:27, but that God as such will appear is not taught in the Bible. The doctrine there is, that God will be manifest in his Son; that the divine approach to our world be through him to judge the race; and that though he will be accompanied with the appropriate symbols of the divinity, yet it will be the Son of God who will be visible. No one, accustomed to Paul’s views, can well doubt that when he used this language he had his eye throughout on the Son of God, and that he expected no other manifestation than what would be made through him.
In no place in the New Testament is the phrase ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ epiphaneian tou Theou - “the manifestation or appearing of God” - applied to any other one than Christ It is true that this is spoken of here as the “appearing of the glory - τῆς δόξης tēs doxēs - of the great God,” but the idea is that of such a manifestation as became God, or would appropriately display his glory. It is known to most persons who have attended to religious controversies, that this passage has given rise to much discussion. The ancients, in general, interpreted it as meaning” The glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.” This sense has been vindicated by the labors of Beza, Whitby, Bull, Matthaei, and Middleton (on the Greek article), and is the common interpretation of those who claim to be orthodox; see Bloomfield, Rec. Syn., and Notes, in loc. He contends that the meaning is, “the glorious appearance of that great being who is our God and Saviour.” The arguments for this opinion are well summed up by Bloomfield. Without going into a critical examination of this passage, which would not be in accordance with the design of these Notes, it may be remarked in general:
(1) That no plain reader of the New Testament, accustomed to the common language there, would have any doubt that the apostle referred here to the coming of the Lord Jesus.
(2) That the “coming” of God, as such, is not spoken of in this manner in the New Testament.
(3) That the expectation of Christians was directed to the advent of the ascended Saviour, not to the appearing of God as such.
(4) That this is just such language as one would use who believed that the Lord Jesus is divine, or that the name God might properly be applied to him.
(5) That it would naturally and obviously convey the idea that he was divine, to one who had no theory to defend.
(6) That if the apostle did not mean this, he used such language as was fitted to lead people into error.
(7) And that the fair construction of the Greek here, according to the application of the most rigid rules, abundantly sustains the interpretation which the plain reader of the New Testament would affix to it. The names above referred to are abundant proof that no violation is done to the rules of the Greek language by this interpretation, but rather that the fair construction of the original demands it. If this be so, then this furnishes an important proof of the divinity of Christ.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. Looking for that blessed hope — Expecting the grand object of our hope, eternal life. See Titus 1:2. This is what the Gospel teaches us to expect, and what the grace of God prepares the human heart for. This is called a blessed hope; those who have it are happy in the sure prospect of that glory which shall be revealed.
The glorious appearing — Και επιφανειαν της δοξης του μεγαλου Θεου και σωτηρος ἡμων Ιησου Χριστου. This clause, literally translated, is as follows: And the appearing of the glory of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ. On this passage I must refer the reader to the ESSAY ON THE GREEK ARTICLE, by H. S. Boyd, Esq., appended to the notes on the Epistle to the Ephesians, where both the structure and doctrine of this passage are explained at large.
Some think that the blessed hope and glorious appearing mean the same thing; but I do not think so. The blessed hope refers simply to eternal glorification in general; the glorious appearing, to the resurrection of the body; for when Christ appears he will change this vile body, and make it like unto his GLORIOUS BODY, according to the working by which he is able even to subdue all things to himself. See Philippians 3:20-21.
