Titus 1:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. ”

• Titus 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  To Titus - See the Introduction, Section 1. Mine own son - Notes, 1 Timothy 1:2 . After the common faith - The faith of all Christians; - equivalent to saying “my son in the gospel.” Tha...

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• Titus 1:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) To Titus, [mine] own son after the common faith: (5) Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. (4) The apostle exhorts the Cretians to hear Titus, by...

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• Titus 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Salutation. Paul sends to Titus, his true son in their common faith, his customary Christian greeting. Writing in his official capacity ( 1 Timothy 1:1 f.*), he appropriately emphasizes the design...

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• Titus 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  mine own son. See 1 Timothy 1:2 . mine own. App-175. son . child. App-108. common . Greek. koinos . Compare Acts 2:44 . as. Jude 1:3 . Grace, &c. See 1 Timothy 1:2 . Figure of spe...

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• Titus 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  4 To Titus, my own son, according to the common faith. Hence it is evident in what sense a minister of the word is said to beget spiritually those whom he brings to the obedience of Christ,...

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• Titus 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. To Titus, mine own son - Him whom I have been the instrument of...

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• Titus 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. Titus, mine own son - `my genuine х gneesioo ( G1103 )]...

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• Titus 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Greeting. Directions For Organising the Cretan Church 1-16. 'Paul an Apostle, to Titus his own son in the faith. In appointing elders in the towns of Crete, see to their character, and be sure tha...

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• Titus 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  To Titus. — We know comparatively little of Titus’ earlier career. In the Acts he, singularly enough, is never mentioned; for what knowledge of him we possess we are entirely dependent upon a few c...

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• Titus 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Titus 1:4 Chapter 18 Titus HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER. - Titus 1:1 ; Titus 1:4 THE title "Pastoral Epistle" is as appropriate to the Epistle to Titus as to the First Epistle to Timothy. Altho...

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• Titus 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Appoint Fit Men over the Churches Titus 1:1-9 God's elect are known by their faith, and wherever they hear the voice of truth, which makes for godliness, they recognize and acknowledge it. They...

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• Titus 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. From the letter we learn that he was a convert of the apostle. Moreover, we know that he was a Greek. This letter reached him while he was in Cret...

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• Titus 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (4) To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. (5) В¶ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...

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• Titus 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith ,.... Not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; the apostle being the instrument of his conversion, as he was of the conversion of Onesimus, and of ma...

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• Titus 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. Ver. 4. Common faith ] Common to the communion of saints, T...

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• Titus 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  In hope Which doctrine lays a foundation for, and shows us how we may attain a well-grounded and lively hope; of eternal life The grand motive and encouragement of every apostle and every servant...

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• Titus 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul writes both as a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, so that in the epistle considerate care is mingled with firm authority. His basis of writing is, first, the faith of God's elect;...

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• Titus 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Introduction; The Apostle's Charge to Titus. A. D.  66.       1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostl...

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• Titus 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Mine own son after the common faith; from hence we learn that Titus was converted to Christianity by Paul. Timothy was so called, 1 Timothy 1:2 . The salutation is the same with that to Timothy,...

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• Titus 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Titus 1:1 . Paul, a servant of God. —R.V. margin, “Gr. bond-servant.” This designation, which indicates generally the official position, is not usually found in th...

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• Titus 1:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Saviour ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).

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• Titus 1:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  While reading this chapter, we must understand that Titus was sent to Crete, to superintend the preaching of the gospel throughout that island. Crete was at that time inhabited by a people who were o...

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• Titus 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Titus 1:1 . Paul, a servant of God, and not a servant of Moses. This style is much the same as in 2 Timothy 1:1 , respecting the promise of eternal life. This promise is according to the faith o...

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• Titus 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  To Titus, mine own son after the common faith Lessons I. A spiritual relationship ( Cf. Acts 15:1-41 ; Gal 2:2; 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 , etc.) II. A three...

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• Titus 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Titus 1:1 Knowledge for acknowledging, A.V.; according to for after, A.V. A servant of God (δοῦλος Θεοῦ); so in the superscriptions: Romans 1:1 ; Philippians 1:1 ,...

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• Titus 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Address and Opening Salutation.

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• Titus 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 5:14 ; 1 Timothy 1:1 ; 1 Timothy 1:2 ; 2 Corinthians 12:18 ; 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:14 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; 2 Corinthians 8:1...

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• Titus 1:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Epistle to Titus Titus 1:1-16 and Titus 2:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "admonitions which will be found most helpful to us....

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• Titus 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  My own son — Begot in the same image of God, and repaying a paternal with a filial affection. The common faith — Common to me and all my spiritual children.

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