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 truth itself which purifies the heart of the believer. By this mark, judge of new and strange doctrines, and stop the mouths of those who handle the Word of God deceitfully.
Key Word: Deceivers, Titus 1:10.
Strong Verses: Titus 1:15.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TITUS. Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, 5573. -Year of th...
PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD, AND AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST - See notes at Romans 1:1; compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:1. ACCORDING TO THE FAITH OF GOD’S ELECT - Compare the...
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...
SERVANT OF GOD. Nowhere else does Paul so designate himself SERVANT. App-190., GOD. App-98. APOSTLE. App-189. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. ACCORDING TO. App-104. FAITH. App-150. ACKNOWLEDGING. full kn...
Apostolic Greeting 1. _Paul, a servant of God_ A BOND-SERVANT (as R.V. margin) or SLAVE OF GOD; in St Paul's other uses of this word as his title it is -slave of Jesus Christ." The variation has been...
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ is the order of A, the Bohairic and Harclean Syriac Versions. Practically all the other authorities support Ἰη. Χριστοῦ, the reading of the rec. text. See crit. note on...
1–4. SALUTATION...
ΚΑΤΆ (G2596) согласно; то есть "для (распространения веры избранный Богом)" (Ellicott). Под верой может пониматься разумная вера в Христа, преданность, верность или вера как верование или суть истины,...
PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD,— This is the only epistle of St. Paul, wherein he begins with calling himself a _servant,_ or _slave,_ devoted for ever to the service of God. _According to the flesh,_ would b...
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...
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, —Paul begins this epistle by not only referencing his apostolic authority, but also stating his servitude to his Lord and Master. Though he was...
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; SERVANT OF GOD - not found elsewhere in th...
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...
1:1 and (b-5) In Greek _ de_ , a particular additional circumstance, more marked as a distinct relationship, giving occasion to consequences. knowledge (c-18) _ Epignosis_ , as Colossians 1:9 ....
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...
PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD] St. Paul does not elsewhere use this designation in his superscriptions; so an imitator would be unlikely to use it. ACCORDING TO THE FAITH, etc.] i.e. to promote the true fait...
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, A SERVANT OF GOD, AND AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST. — The titles here assumed by St. Paul in his introductory greeting are in some respects slightly different to any of his usual designations. In...
2 Timothy 1:1, Titus 1:1 CHAPTER 1 Introductory THE CHARACTER AND GENUINENESS OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.- 1 Timothy 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:1;
δοῦλος θεοῦ : The only parallel to this phrase in the opening formula of any other epistle in the N.T. is James 1:1; but there it is, “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.” It is no l...
Salutation, in which the place of the Gospel in eternity and in time is largely expressed....
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,...
- PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD The Greeks had two words for slave. One was used for someone captured in battle and forced into slavery. The other described those born into slavery. Paul used the latter whe...
Paul, (1) a (a) servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's (b) elect, (2) and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; (1) He vouches his apostles...
_According to the faith of the elect of God; that is, of the Christians, now the elect people of God. --- Truth, which is according to piety: because there may be truth also in things that regard not...
CONTENTS The Apostle opens his Epistle, with his usual Benediction. He points out to Titus the Qualifications for the Ministry. He gives a sad Account of the Grecians, among whom Titus dwelt; and con...
(1) В¶ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; (2) In hope of eternal life, which Go...
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...
_SERVANTS OF GOD_ ‘Paul, a servant of God.’ Titus 1:1 ‘Servant of God,’ ‘servant of Jesus Christ’—this is the title by which each one of the writers of the epistles of the New Testament describes h...
1._A servant of God _This extended and laborious commendation of his apostleship shows that Paul had in view the whole Church, and not Titus alone; for his apostleship was not disputed by Titus, and P...
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...
PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD,.... So James styles himself, James 1:1 and others of the apostles, as Peter and Jude, call themselves the servants of Jesus Christ; and as does the Apostle Paul also; and both...
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; Ver. 1. _The faith of God's elect_] Not the...
_Paul, a servant of_ the one living and true _God_ In some of his other epistles, Paul calls himself _a servant of Jesus Christ;_ but this is the only one in which he calls himself _a servant of God:_...
ACCORDING TO; in order that God's elect might believe and acknowledge the truth which is according to godliness....
ADDRESS AND OPENING SALUTATION....
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;...
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...
OLBGrk; TITUS CHAPTER 2 TITUS 1:1 The salutation. TITUS 1:5 For what end Titus was left in Crete. TITUS 1:6 How they should be qualified who are ordained to the ministry....
Tertullian De Corona By means of these organs, indeed, we are to enjoy flowers; but if he declares that those who make idols will be like them, they already are so who use anything after the style of...
Titus 1:1 Paul G3972 bondservant G1401 God G2316 and G1161 apostle G652 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 to G2596 faith...
_The Salutation,_ 1-4. Titus 1:1. The title servant of God, occurring in James 1:1, but nowhere else in Paul's inscriptions, is a peculiarity which tells against suspicion of forgery. ACCORDING to ...
ACCORDING TO THE FAITH OF GOD'S ELECT (κατα πιστιν εκλεκτων θεου). Here κατα expresses the aim of Paul's apostleship, not the standard by which he was chosen as in Philippians 3:14; a classic idiom,...
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...
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...
FROM PAUL, A SERVANT OF GOD. Paul often calls himself a _servant of Christ._ Compare 1 Corinthians 3:5 and note. I was CHOSEN. This is his authority from God. GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. It was always God's...
_Paul, __A_ _SERVANT_ _OF_ _GOD_ A servant of God “Servant of God,” “servant of Jesus Christ”--this is the title by which each one of the writers of the Epistles of the New Testament describes himse...
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;...
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS The precise period of St. Paul's visit to Crete for the purpose of preaching the gospel and organizing Christians, as already stated in the INTRODUCTION, is not certainly...
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 Chronicles 6:49; 1 John 2:23; 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 1:5;...
An apostle - according to the faith of God's elect, etc. The norm of the apostolate in each of the three Epistles is unique, and not Pauline. In 1 Timothy, according to the commandment of God : in 2 T...
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...
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ — Titles suitable to the person of Paul, and the office he was assigning to Titus. According to the faith — The propagating of which is the prope...
These verses contain the apostle's salutation, and the first part of this chapter; in which observe, 1. The person saluting, described by his name, PAUL; by his general office, A SERVANT OF GOD; by h...