“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age”
A counterintuitive concept, especially regarding the way modern culture paints “righteousness”. It is grace that allows us to live sensibly, deny worldly desires, etc. etc. The root of all this action is attributed to “grace”, not “discipline”, or “punishment”, or “guilt”. Need to think about this more to understand it…