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Titus 1:4

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4 Genade, barmhartigheid, vrede zij u van God den Vader, en den Heere Jezus Christus, onzen Zaligmaker.

Titus 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.

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Titus 1:4 In-Context

2 In de hoop des eeuwigen levens, welke God, Die niet liegen kan, beloofd heeft, voor de tijden der eeuwen, maar geopenbaard heeft te Zijner tijd;
3 Namelijk Zijn Woord, door de prediking, die mij toebetrouwd is, naar het bevel van God, onze Zaligmaker; aan Titus, mijn oprechte zoon, naar het gemeen geloof:
4 Genade, barmhartigheid, vrede zij u van God den Vader, en den Heere Jezus Christus, onzen Zaligmaker.
5 Om die oorzaak heb ik u te Kreta gelaten, opdat gij, hetgeen nog ontbrak, voorts zoudt te recht brengen, en dat gij van stad tot stad zoudt ouderlingen stellen, gelijk ik u bevolen heb:
6 Indien iemand onberispelijk is, ener vrouwe man, gelovige kinderen hebbende, die niet te beschuldigen zijn van overdadigheid, of ongehoorzaam zijn.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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