Titus 1:4 (LSB)

Passage

To Titus, my genuine child according to our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Nearby Context

Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which the God who cannot lie promised from all eternity,

Titus 1:3 but at the proper time manifested His word in preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

Titus 1:4 To Titus, my genuine child according to our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Titus 1:5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,

Titus 1:6 namely, if any man is beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, who are not accused of dissipation, or rebellious.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "titus", "genuine", "child", "common", "peace", and "father". 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 at the proper time manifested His..." into verse 5's "For this reason I left you 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.