Titus 1:4
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Paul addresses Titus as his true son in their shared faith and blesses him with grace, mercy, and peace from the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
What Does Titus 1:4 Mean?
Having finished his long introduction, Paul names his recipient. Titus is his son not by blood but through the faith they hold in common, likely one Paul led to Christ. The bond of the gospel makes them family. Paul then pronounces a threefold blessing of grace, mercy, and peace, the gifts every laborer needs.
The blessing flows from the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ together, and Paul calls Jesus our Saviour just as he called the Father Saviour a verse earlier. Salvation is the shared work of the Father and the Son. For the reader, this greeting models how Christians address one another: not with empty courtesy but with the deep desire that God's grace, mercy, and peace would actually rest upon those we love.