Titus 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Titus 1:4

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Titus (420)

And the Apostle writes to his beloved son Titus, which is called in Greek, γνησίῳ τέκνῳ: and cannot be explained in Latin: for γνήσιος means this rather, when someone is called faithful and proper, and (so to speak) legitimate or genuine without comparison to another. From which we understand that there was much difference even among the sons of Paul, that he had some γνησίους, that is, most genuine, closely connected to himself, and born of true marriage and free procreation; but others almost from a handmaid and from Hagar, who cannot receive inheritance with the free son, Isaac.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 begotten son. See the preface; and see on 1Ti 1:2 (note).

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2439: “Five Links in a Golden Chain” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1895)

AMONG the friends of Paul, Titus was one of the most useful and one of the best beloved. Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles and Titus was a Gentile. I should suppose that both his parents were Gentiles and, in this respect, he differed from Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess. Timothy would well serve as a preacher to the circumcision, but Titus would be a man after Paul's heart as a preacher to the Gentiles.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τίτῳ	Titō	To Titus	G5103 →
γνησίῳ	gnēsiō	[my] true	G1103 →
τέκνῳ	teknō	child	G5043 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
κοινὴν	koinēn	[our] common	G2839 →
πίστιν·	pistin	faith:	G4102 →
χάρις	charis	Grace	G5485 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰρήνη	eirēnē	peace	G1515 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
πατρὸς	patros	[the] Father	G3962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	Christ	G5547 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σωτῆρος	sōtēros	Savior	G4990 →
ἡμῶν.¶	hēmōn	of us.	G3165 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jude 1:3
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all…
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:12
  Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- Philippians 1:27
  Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…
- Jude 1:20
  But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Timothy 1:13
  Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Through
2 Peter 1:11
and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
leads to
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Through
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
leads to
- Titus 2:13
  as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Romans 3:21–26
  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.