Titus 1:4 (DRB)

Passage

To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

Titus 1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:

Titus 1:4 To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

Titus 1:6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "titus", "beloved", "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 hath in due times manifested his..." 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.