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Hath appeared (epephanē). “Did appear,” the first Epiphany (the Incarnation). Second aorist passive indicative of epiphainō, old verb, in N.T. here, Tit 3:4; Luk 1:79; Act 27:20.
Bringing salvation (sōtērios). Old adjective from sōtēr (Saviour), here alone in N.T. except to sōtērion (salvation, “the saving act”) in Luk 2:30; Luk 3:6; Eph 6:17.
Instructing (paideuousa). See note on 1Ti 1:20.
Ungodliness (asebeian). See note on Rom 1:18.
Worldly lusts (tas kosmikas epithumias). Aristotle and Plutarch use kosmikos (from kosmos) about the universe as in Heb 9:1 about the earthly. Here it has alone in N.T. the sense of evil “in this present age” as with kosmos in 1Jo 2:16. The three adverbs set off the opposite (soberly sōphronōs, righteously dikaiōs, godly eusebōs).