Spiritual Parentage

Titus 1:4 BSB:  To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. Titus was a pure Gentile unlike Timothy, who was half-Gentile. But like Timothy, he was one of the apostle’s converts. He was a genuine son of the apostle in “our common…

Manifestation by Proclamation

Titus 1:3 BSB: In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command 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 Saviour. Paul sees the preaching of the Gospel…

God Cannot Lie

Titus 1:2 BSB: in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. Eternal life is a Godkind of life which He has made available to humanity through Christ Jesus. It is a gift from God, not a reward. [John 17:3] “God is not human, that he should lie, not…

Called to Build

Titus 1:1BSB – “Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,” HCSB 1. Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the…