• What Is Salvation?
    Bible Questions Answered

    • Misconception: Titus 2:​11 teaches universal salvation by saying that God is “bringing salvation to all people.”​—International Standard Version.

      Fact: The Greek word translated “all” in this verse can also mean “every kind or variety.”d Thus, the correct understanding of Titus 2:​11 is that God is making salvation available to all sorts of people, including people “out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues.”​—Revelation 7:​9, 10.

  • What Is Salvation?
    Bible Questions Answered

    • d See Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. The same Greek word appears in Matthew 5:​11, which records Jesus’ statement that people would say “all sorts of” evil things against his followers.​—International Standard Version.