Titus 1:4 (DBY)

Passage

to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:2 in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

Titus 1:3 but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

Titus 1:4 to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

Titus 1:6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "titus", "child", "common", "peace", "father", and "christ". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "but has manifested in its own due..." into verse 5's "For this cause I left thee in...", so "grace" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.