Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Titus 1:4
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.
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.
TITUS 1:4 ca,rij kai. eivrh,nh {A} The typically Pauline epistolary salutation, ca,rij kai. eivrh,nh, is strongly supported by good representatives of both the Alexandrian and the Western types of te...
Verse 4. _TO TITUS_, MINE _OWN SON_] Him whom I have been the instrument of converting to the Christian faith; and in whom, in this respect, I have the same right as any man can have in his own begott...
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.” That is, Paul had...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The salutation (Titus 1:1)_ 2. Instructions concerning elders (Titus 1:5) 3. Warnings against false teachers (Titus 1:10)...
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 of h...
THE MAINSPRINGS OF APOSTLESHIP (Titus 1:1-4)...
This is a letter from Paul, the slave of God and the envoy of Jesus Christ, whose task it is to awaken faith in God's chosen ones, and to equip them with a fuller knowledge of that truth, which enable...
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...
_to Titus_, mine _own son_ With R.V. render MY TRUE CHILD, as in 1 Timothy 1:2, where the force of the phrase is drawn out. On the connexion of Titus with St Paul see Introduction, p. 67 sqq. _after t...
ΧΆΡΙΣ ΚΑῚ ΕἸΡΉΝΗ. This, the usual form of salutation in St Paul’s letters (see exegetical note on 1 Timothy 1:2), is supported by אC*D2EGIP and most of the versions; the rec. text (following the analo...
1–4. SALUTATION...
ΓΝΉΣΙΣ (G1103) законный, истинный, ΚΟΙΝΉ (G2839) общий, находящийся в общественном пользовании....
GREETINGS 1:1-4 _Text 1:1-4_ 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, 2 in hope...
To Titus,—Paul wrote this epistle to Titus but it is valid for Christians of every generation. [mine] own son after the common faith: — It is likely that Paul converted Titus on his first missionary j...
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 [ gneesioo (G1103)] child' (1 Timo...
1 Paul writes this letter in the character of a slave. This shows that the epistle deals with service. He adds the title apostle, to give weight to his injunctions. 2 Eonian life, usually called "eve...
SON AFTER THE COMMON FAITH] i.e. his pupil in the faith which they shared together. Titus is not mentioned in Acts, but from St. Paul's Epistles we gather the following details: he was a Greek (Galati...
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 that t...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TITUS Titus was a *Gentile Christian (Galatians 2:3). Titus had probably become a Christi...
Paul calls Titus his ‘true son’. Titus probably became a Christian when he first heard Paul teach about Jesus. So, Paul felt that he was like a Christian father to Titus. However, they both belonged t...
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 casu...
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. Although there...
Salutation, in which the place of the Gospel in eternity and in time is largely expressed....
γνησίῳ τέκνῳ : See note on 1 Timothy 1:2. κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν, like ἐν πίστει in 1 Timothy 1:2, qualifies τέκνῳ, but is less ambiguous than ἐν πίστει. It must not be restricted to a faith shared only b...
APPOINT FIT MEN OVER THE CHURCHES Titus 1:1 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 are als...
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 Crete,...
(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 s...
_To Titus, my beloved, (in the Greek, my true and[3] genuine son,...grace and peace. In the present ordinary Greek copies is added mercy, which the Protestant translators followed; but it is judicious...
(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 s...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
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, that is,...
The Epistle to Titus is occupied with the maintenance of order in the churches of God. The especial object of those written to Timothy as the maintenance of sound doctrine, although speaking of other...
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 many...
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, Titus...
_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...
TO TITUS, MINE OWN SON AFTER THE COMMON FAITH: GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE FROM GOD THE FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR. The character of the letter is immediately indicated by the expression...
ADDRESS AND OPENING SALUTATION....
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; t...
1-4 All are the servants of God who are not slaves of sin and Satan. All gospel truth is according to godliness, teaching the fear of God. The intent of the gospel is to raise up hope as well as fait...
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, 1 Timo...
Titus 1:4 Titus G5103 true G1103 son G5043 in G2596 common G2839 faith G4102 Grace G5485 mercy G1656 peace...
Titus 1:4. Titus, called Paul's brother in 2 Corinthians 11:12, is here his ‘legitimate son,' as converted by him and sharing the same faith....
MY TRUE CHILD (γνησιω τεκνω). See 1 Timothy 1:2 for this adjective with Timothy. Titus is not mentioned in Acts, possibly because he is Luke's brother. But one can get a clear picture of him by turn...
SAVIOUR (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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 on...
CONTENTS: Divine order for local churches. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: Divine faith rests not on fallible reasonings and opinions of men, but on the infallible Word of God, the...
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 of God...
I WRITE TO TITUS. This is to show that Titus has Paul's AUTHORIZATION. Titus was one of the _evangelists (see note on_ Ephesians 4:11) whom Paul trained and sent out. Others were: Timothy, Trophemus,...
_To __TITUS,_ _MINE_ _OWN_ _SON_ _AFTER_ _THE_ _COMMON_ _FAITH_ Lessons I. A spiritual relationship (_Cf. _Acts 15:1; Gal 2:2; 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthian
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 1:1 Opening. The doctrinal themes in this section occur again in the other doctrinal sections of the letter (Titus 2:11;...
_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 the insc...
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;...
Not much is known about Titus. Paul makes slight references to him in the Corinthian epistles. Outside of that we know very little about Titus, except what we can pick up in the book. Evidently he was...
1 John 5:14; 1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Corinthians 12:18;...
Own [γ ν η σ ι ω]. See on 1 Timothy 1:2. According to the common faith [κ α τ α κ ο ι ν η ν π ι σ τ ι ν]. The phrase N. T. o. Koinov common, usually in contrast with kaqarov pure or agiov holy, as Act...
THE EPISTLE TO TITUS Titus 1:1 _and Titus 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Epistle of Paul to Titus carries with it some very striking "admonitions which will be found most helpful to us. Titus was a yo...