Titus 1:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

📖 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 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.
• 1 Tim 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
• Titus 2:10 : 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But“when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.
• Rev 14:16 : 16 So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,
• 1 Tim 2:5-7 : 5 For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
• 2 Tim 1:10-11 : 10 but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! 11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
• Isa 45:15 : 15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the LORD? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me.
• Dan 8:23 : 23 Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.
• Dan 9:24-10:1 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place. 25 So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times. 26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.” 1 An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.
• Dan 11:27 : 27 These two kings, their minds filled with evil intentions, will trade lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.
• Hab 2:3 : 3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.
• Mark 13:10 : 10 First the gospel must be preached to all nations.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 He said to them,“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Luke 1:47 : 47 and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,
• Acts 10:36 : 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–
• Acts 17:26 : 26 From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,
• Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
• Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”
• Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
• Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Eph 1:10 : 10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ– the things in heaven and the things on earth.
• Eph 2:17 : 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
• Eph 3:5-8 : 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit), 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
• Phil 1:13 : 13 The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,
• Col 1:6 : 6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
• 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.