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Titus 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Titus 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

My true child for mine own son, A.V.; a common for the common, A.V.; grace and peace for grace, mercy, and peace, A.V. and T.R.; Christ Jesus for the Lord Jesus Christ, A.V. and T.R. My true child ( γνησίῳ τέκνῳ: ) after a common faith ( κατὰ κινὴν πίστιν).

In it is ἐν πίστει (where see note). Beyond all doubt, Alford is right in both cases in rendering "the faith" (see his note on ). The "common faith" means the faith of all God's elect.

Grace and peace. So the R.T., omitting ἔλεος, mercy, which is found in and . But the manuscripts vary, and the critics are divided as to whether ἔλεος ought to be retained here or not.

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