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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.
Titus 1:4 · World English Bible
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  • 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.
  • BSB To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
  • 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.

Cross-references & the web

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, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
  • 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Pet 1:11For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 2:13I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
  • 2 Cor 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
  • Rom 1:12that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
  • John 4:42They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, 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 forever. Amen.
  • Col 1:2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 2:11For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 1 Tim 1:1–2Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope;
  • Rom 1:7to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Pet 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
  • 2 Pet 3:2that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
  • 1 Jn 5:14This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
  • Titus 1:3but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
  • 2 Cor 12:18I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?
  • 2 Cor 8:16But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
  • 2 Cor 4:13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
  • 2 Cor 8:6So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
  • 2 Cor 7:13–14Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
  • 2 Cor 7:6Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
  • Gal 2:3But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
  • Eph 1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Titus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on TitusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

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 1:4 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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