Titus 2:11 All People

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

The word For alerts us to the fact that there is a connection between Titus 2:9 and what has gone before. What has gone before is instruction for Titus on the need to teach different groups in the church (older and younger men, older and younger women and slaves). This would suggest that the all people in the verse is not absolute but refers to different types of people (older and younger men, older and younger women and slaves). Paul's point then is that all sorts of people need to be taught how to live the Christian life because the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. The first part of the verse is a little like the phrase that appears in Titus 3:4 the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared. In both cases Paul is thinking of the incarnation that being the quintessential appearing of the grace or free and loving favour of God. This grace "brings" or  offers salvation to all people. There is no verb so that has to be supplied and one could argue over that. That point, however, is that salvation has begun to be offered and indeed comes to all sorts of people now that the grace of God has appeared. Ministers and their churches, therefore, must never be narrow in who they offer the gospel to or who they encourage to live the Christian life.