2025-07-27 Jim Swanson – Pastoral Epistles Part 17
July 27, 2025
Titus 1:1-4
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
In striking contrast to 1st and 2nd Timothy, Paul begins the letter with a lengthy salutation describing the purpose of his apostleship.