Titus 1:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίτῳ, γνησίῳ τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν: Χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

To Titō, gnēsiō teknō kata koinēn pistin: Charis, eleos, eirēnē from Theou Patros, and Kyriou Iēsou Christou tou Sōtēros hēmōn.

Grammar Details

• *Titō*: dative, masculine, singular - to Titus
• *gnēsiō*: dative, neuter, singular - genuine/true/legitimate
• *teknō*: dative, neuter, singular - child
• *kata*: preposition + accusative - according to
• *koinēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - common/shared
• *pistin*: accusative, feminine, singular - faith
• *Charis*: nominative, feminine, singular - grace
• *eleos*: nominative, neuter, singular - mercy
• *eirēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - peace
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Father
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus Christ
• *tou Sōtēros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Savior
• *hēmōn*: genitive, 1st person plural pronoun - of us/our

Word Meanings

• *gnēsiō*: genuine/true/legitimate
• *teknō*: child/offspring
• *koinēn*: common/shared/mutual
• *pistin*: faith/belief/trust
• *Charis*: grace/favor/kindness
• *eleos*: mercy/compassion
• *eirēnē*: peace/harmony/tranquility
• *Patros*: Father/progenitor
• *Kyriou*: Lord/master/owner
• *Sōtēros*: Savior/Deliverer/Preserver

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
• Jude 1:3 : 3 Condemnation of the False Teachers Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
• 2 Cor 2:13 : 13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and set out for Macedonia.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
• 2 Cor 8:23 : 23 If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.
• Gal 2:3 : 3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.
• Eph 1:2 : 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
• Col 1:2 : 2 to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!
• 1 Tim 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
• 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?
• Titus 1:3 : 3 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.
• Rom 1:12 : 12 that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.
• Luke 2:11 : 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
• John 4:42 : 42 They said to the woman,“No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world.”
• 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written,“I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak.
• 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.
• 2 Cor 7:13-14 : 13 Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. 14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.
• 2 Cor 8:6 : 6 Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.
• 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 The Mission of Titus But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
• 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
• 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.