Intertextuality Pair

Titus 2:14 → Psalms 130:8

Allusion

Later text

Titus 2:14BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Earlier text

Psalms 130:8BSB

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

Significance

Paul's statement that Christ "gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness" (lytrōsētai hēmas apo pasēs anomias) closely echoes Psalm 130:8, "He will redeem Israel from all their iniquities" (hu yipdeh et-yisra'el mikkol avōnōtav). The TSK directly connects these texts. The verbal parallel is precise: "redeem from all iniquity" (Psalm) and "redeem from all lawlessness" (Paul). What the psalmist hoped for as future divine action, Paul declares accomplished in Christ's self-giving. The shift from "Israel" to "us" reflects the expansion of God's redemptive purposes to include Gentiles. This is a clear case of promise-fulfillment: the psalmist's confident expectation of total redemption from sin finds its realization in the atoning work of Christ.

Found via
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Promise-Fulfillment

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