Translations
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
But when the kindness and the love-for-humanity of Elohim our Saviour appeared,
But when the goodness and love-for-humanity of God our Savior shone forth,
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
Footnotes
φιλανθρωπία (philanthropia) is a Greco-Roman civic virtue term meaning "love for humankind"—here applied directly to God, framing the incarnation in terms His audience would recognise as the highest quality of a benefactor king. ἐπεφάνη (epiphaínō) is the Greek epiphany verb, used for the spectacular public manifestation of a deity or ruler. F.O.G. renders it "appeared" for its stark incarnational directness; F.O.G.M. renders "shone forth" to draw out the luminous, royal-epiphany quality ancient readers would have felt.

