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Titus 1:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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
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2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
4 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.
5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
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Paul Paul worked alongside Titus.
Source: 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 8:23
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
Read 2 Corinthians 1:1As 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.
Read 2 Corinthians 8:23
Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.
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Titus 1:1
"Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,"
Titus 1:2
"in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;"
Titus 1:3
"but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,"
Titus 1:5
"I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—"
Titus 1:6
"if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior."
Titus 1:7
"For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;"
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