All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia. >>
Ver. 15. That love us in the faith] That best ligament of love. The Church is the only daughter of her mother, and is called Ecclesia, of calling all hers together. Religion hath its name of binding, because it binds men all in a bundle, and makes them be of one heart and of one soul, Acts 4:32, to serve the Lord with one shoulder, Zephaniah 3:9, to glorify God with "one mind and with one mouth," Romans 15:6, there being no such oneness in the world as among true believers.