Titus 1:4 (GNV)

Passage

To Titus my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:2 Vnto the hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

Titus 1:3 But hath made his worde manifest in due time through the preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the commandement of God our Sauiour:

Titus 1:4 To Titus my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour.

Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest continue to redresse the thinges that remaine, and shouldest ordeine Elders in euery citie, as I appointed thee,

Titus 1:6 If any be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "titus", "naturall", "sonne", "common", "mercie", and "peace". 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 made his worde manifest in..." into verse 5's "For this cause left I 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.