Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Paul's compressed christological statement — Christ 'gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people' — packs atonement, sanctification, and ecclesiology into a single sentence. The phrase 'peculiar people' (laos periousios) echoes Exodus 19:5's 'treasured possession,' deliberately applying Israel's covenant identity to the new community in Christ. The purpose clause ('zealous of good works') makes the point that redemption is not merely forensic but transformative — liberation from lawlessness issues in a life oriented toward doing good. This verse is foundational for 'already/not yet' theologies of sanctification and for arguments that ethics flows from the shape of the atonement.
תרגומים נוספים
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
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