That they may in all things be an adornment to the teaching of our Saviour God.

If slaves are like that, they serve for the glory of Christianity. For when a pagan sees his slave, so brought up by Christianity, will he not be amazed at a teaching that has such power that it has improved even such a soul? And how bold and obstinate this slave race is always, but because, neglected by its masters, it is badly brought up and is not guided by the instructions and treatment of honest people. Wherefore Paul rightly said in another place, "Serving as the Lord, and not men" (Ephesians 6:7). Though you serve your master, yet honor belongs to God, because affection for your master has its origin in that fear.

For the grace of God has appeared, saving for all men.

Since the Apostle demanded much great things from the slaves – I mean that they should adorn the Lord's teaching with their virtuous life – he now shows why he justly demands such high qualities from them. For grace also appeared to them, although they are slaves. For all, he says, people. And the Lord has granted them the cleansing of many sins, and they must live the rest of the time to the glory of their Benefactor.

Teaching us that we, rejecting wickedness and worldly lusts.

And here he shames them. Having God, he says, as a teacher, should you not live worthy of Him? This grace, he says, extends not only to the remission of former sins, but also provides for us for the future. He teaches us to live chastely the rest of the time, since we have previously completely renounced impiety and worldly lusts. By the expression rejection, he means complete disgust arising from the mood of the whole soul. Impiety is called idolatry and perverted dogmas. Worldly lusts are covetousness, luxury, and other vices that do not lead to heaven, but are useful in this world and cease with it. Therefore Christ came so that we might renounce ungodly doctrines and sinful lives, hating both with equal intensity.

They lived chastely, righteously and piously.

Chaste means not only abstinence from fornication, but also from other passions. And if you are covetous, then you are not chaste, on the contrary, you are even more intemperate, since this passion is not natural. In general, he who is overcome by all passions is not chaste.

In the current century.

This age represents struggle, and the future is retribution.

Waiting for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

This is the reward, the Second Coming, truly blessed. He said beautifully: glory. He speaks of two phenomena. The first, as stated above, had grace and forgiveness, which was accomplished with mercy and simplicity. The second is recompense, which is to be revealed with glory, as the Gospel says: "When shall the Son of Man come in His glory" (Matt. 25:31). Where are those who humiliate the Son and do not want to call Him God? Let them hear that He is both God and great. Great, it is said, as God, is not in comparison with anything else, but unconditionally, because He is great in Himself, in nature. If He saved us when we were enemies, what will He not give when He finds us pleasing to Him?

Who gave Himself for us, to deliver us from all iniquity.

And this is a sign of His might, that He gave Himself: and not so as to deliver from one iniquity, but not from another; but from all iniquity. Let us honor our deliverance.