Tíduōshū 1:4

4 Xiànzaì xiĕ xìn gĕi tí duō , jiù shì zhào zhe wǒmen gòng xìn zhī dào zuò wǒ zhēn érzi de . yuàn ēnhuì píngān , cóng fù shén hé wǒmen de jiù zhǔ Jīdū Yēsū guīyǔ nǐ .

Tíduōshū 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

Titus 1:4

To Titus, mine own son after the common faith
Not in a natural, but in a spiritual sense; the apostle being the instrument of his conversion, as he was of the conversion of Onesimus, and of many of the Corinthians, and therefore is said to beget them, ( Philemon 1:10 ) ( 1 Corinthians 4:15 ) and so was their spiritual father, and they his children: Titus was, in this sense, his "own son", or a true son, a legitimate one; a true convert; one really born again; a sincere believer, an Israelite indeed: and this he was "after the common faith"; either the doctrine of faith, which is but one, and is common to all the saints; or the grace of faith, which though different in degrees, yet is alike precious faith in all; the same for nature, kind, object, operation, and effects: and this phrase is used to show in what sense Titus was son to the apostle; as he was a believer, and no otherwise.

Grace, mercy, and peace
which is the apostle's usual salutation; see ( 1 Timothy 1:2 ) . The word "mercy" is left out in the Claromontane copy, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions.

Tíduōshū 1:4 In-Context

2 Pànwàng nà wú huǎng yán de shén zaì wàn gǔ zhī xiān suǒ yīngxǔ de yǒngshēng ,

3 Dào le rìqī , jiè zhe chuányáng de gōngfu , bǎ tāde dào xiǎnmíng le . zhè chuányáng de zé rèn , shì àn zhe shén wǒmen jiù zhǔ de mìnglìng jiāo tuō le wǒ .

4 Xiànzaì xiĕ xìn gĕi tí duō , jiù shì zhào zhe wǒmen gòng xìn zhī dào zuò wǒ zhēn érzi de . yuàn ēnhuì píngān , cóng fù shén hé wǒmen de jiù zhǔ Jīdū Yēsū guīyǔ nǐ .

5 Wǒ cóng qián liú nǐ zaì kè lǐ tè , shì yào nǐ jiāng méiyǒu biàn wán de shì dōu biàn zhĕngqí le , yòu zhào wǒ suǒ fēnfu nǐde , zaì gè chéng shèlì zhǎnglǎo .

6 Ruò yǒu wú kĕ zhǐzé de rén , zhǐ zuò yī ge fùrén de zhàngfu , érnǚ yĕ shì xìn zhǔ de , méiyǒu rén gàosu tāmen shì fàngdàng bù fú yuē shù de , jiù kĕyǐ shèlì .