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In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
Titus 1:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • KJV But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
  • NKJV but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • NASB but at the proper time revealed His word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • NLT And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

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Quick answer

In His appointed time God made His word known through the gospel message entrusted to Paul. It matters because the proclamation of the gospel is God's chosen means of revealing His saving plan.

Overview

What was promised before time has now been revealed in history through the preaching committed to Paul by God's command. Calling God 'our Savior' (a title Paul also applies to Christ in this letter) highlights the unity of the Father and the Son in the work of salvation. The eternal purpose of verse 2 becomes a public message proclaimed to the world.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 35

  • 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
  • Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
  • 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
  • Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
  • Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  • Mark 13:10And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
  • Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  • Col 1:6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
  • 2 Tim 1:10–11And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
  • Rom 10:14–15How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
  • Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
  • Isa 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
  • 1 Cor 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
  • Hab 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
  • 1 Tim 2:5–7For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Th 2:4Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
  • 1 Tim 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
  • Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Eph 2:17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
  • 1 Tim 2:3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
  • Isa 45:21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
  • Rom 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  • Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
  • Rom 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  • Dan 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  • Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
  • Phil 1:13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
  • Dan 8:23In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
  • Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
  • Eph 3:5–8which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
  • Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
  • Dan 11:27And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
  • Rev 14:16So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
  • Eph 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Titus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

We await 'the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us' and purify a people of his own.

How Titus 1:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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