To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Parallel translations
- WEB to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- 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.
- NKJV To Titus, a true son in our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- NASB To Titus, my true son in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- NLT I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.
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Quick answer
Paul addresses Titus as his true son in their shared faith and blesses him with grace, mercy, and peace. It matters because it models the warm, faith-bound bond between gospel workers and the source of every blessing.
Overview
Titus, likely led to Christ by Paul, is a trusted partner left to oversee the churches of Crete. The greeting flows from 'God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior,' again placing Christ alongside the Father as the source of grace. Grace, mercy, and peace summarize the gospel gifts that sustain every believer and minister.
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Cross-references · 25
- 2 Tim 1:2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Jude 1:3Beloved, 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 to the saints.
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon 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:
- 2 Pet 1:11and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- 2 Cor 2:13I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
- 2 Cor 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.
- Rom 1:12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
- John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Col 1:2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
- Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
- 1 Tim 1:1–2Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
- Rom 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Pet 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- 2 Pet 3:2by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
- 1 Jn 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Titus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
- 2 Cor 12:18I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
- 2 Cor 8:16But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
- 2 Cor 4:13And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
- 2 Cor 8:6So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
- 2 Cor 7:13–14On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
- 2 Cor 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
- Gal 2:3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
- Eph 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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