Titus 1:4
To Titus, my true child in our common faith:
What it says
Paul writes to Titus, his true child in a common faith, and speaks grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
What it is doing
It turns the greeting into a personal blessing and bond.
In context
1Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, 2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. 3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior. 4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: