Titus 1:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ καιροῖς ἰδίοις τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐν κηρύγματι, ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγὼ κατʼ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ·

Transliteration

Ephanerōsen de kairois idiois ton logon autou en kērygmati, which episteuthēn egō kat' epitagēn tou Sōtēros hēmōn Theou

Grammar Details

• *Ephanerōsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - manifested/revealed
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *kairois*: dative, masculine, plural - at times/seasons
• *idiois*: dative, masculine, plural - his own/proper
• *ton logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - the word
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular pronoun - of him/his
• *en*: preposition + dative - in/by/with
• *kērygmati*: dative, neuter, singular - preaching/proclamation
• *ho*: accusative, neuter, singular, relative pronoun - which
• *episteuthēn*: aorist, passive, indicative, 1st person singular - I was entrusted with
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *kat'*: preposition + accusative (elided form) - according to
• *epitagēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - command/order
• *tou Sōtēros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Savior
• *hēmōn*: genitive, 1st person plural pronoun - of us/our
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *Ephanerōsen*: manifested/revealed/made visible
• *de*: and/but/now
• *kairois idiois*: in his own times/at proper seasons/at appointed times
• *logon*: word/message/account
• *kērygmati*: preaching/proclamation/announcement
• *episteuthēn*: I was entrusted with/was committed to
• *epitagēn*: command/order/authoritative directive
• *Sōtēros*: Savior/Deliverer/Preserver

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.
• 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
• Titus 2:10 : 10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Rev 14:16 : 16 And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;
• 1 Tim 2:5-7 : 5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time; 7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.
• 2 Tim 1:10-11 : 10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news, 11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
• Isa 12:2 : 2 See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
• Isa 45:15 : 15 Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
• Dan 8:23 : 23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
• Dan 9:24-10:1 : 24 Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place. 25 Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork. 26 And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed. 27 And a strong order will be sent out against the great number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste. 1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a hard work: and he had knowledge of it, and the vision was clear to him.
• Dan 11:27 : 27 And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
• Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
• Mark 13:10 : 10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
• Luke 1:47 : 47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
• Acts 17:26 : 26 And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,
• Rom 5:6 : 6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
• Rom 10:14-15 : 14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher? 15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
• Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Eph 1:10 : 10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
• Eph 2:17 : 17 And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
• Eph 3:5-8 : 5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news, 7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
• Phil 1:13 : 13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;
• Col 1:6 : 6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
• Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.