Titus 1:1-2
1599 Geneva Bible
The Epistle of Paul to Titus
1 6 He showeth what kind of men ought to be chosen Ministers: 10 how vain babblers’ mouths should be stopped: 12 and through this occasion he toucheth the nature of the Cretans, 14 and the Jews, who put boldness in outward things.
1 Paul [a]a [b]servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s [c]elect, [d]and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according unto godliness.
2 Unto the [e]hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, hath [f]promised before the (A)[g]world began:
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- Titus 1:1 He voucheth his Apostleship, (not for Titus, but for the Cretans’ sake) both by the testimony of his outward calling, and by his consent wherein he agreeth with all the elect from the beginning of the world.
- Titus 1:1 Minister, as Christ himself, in that that he was a minister and head of the Prophets, is called a servant, Isa. 43:10.
- Titus 1:1 Of those whom God hath chosen.
- Titus 1:1 The faith wherein all the elect consent, is the true and sincere knowledge of God, tending to this end, that worshipping God aright that they at length obtain life everlasting according to the promise of God, who is true, which promise was exhibited to Christ in due time according to his eternal purpose.
- Titus 1:2 Hope is the end of faith.
- Titus 1:2 Freely, and of his mere liberality.
- Titus 1:2 See 2 Tim. 1:9.
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