Titus 1 Bible study: In hope of eternal life

The letter opens, "Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness," (1:1) (tap godliness) "in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;" (1:2) (tap hope and lie) "but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior," (1:3) (tap commandment) "to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior." (1:4). It names one sender and one reader. These notes say nothing of Titus, or of when or where the letter was written, beyond what the letter says. Here is what almost everyone misses: who can’t lie (1:2) is one Greek word, and the New Testament has it only here (tap lie). The letter says no more here of "God’s chosen ones" (1:1), or of what was "promised before time began" (1:2), than these words, and these notes don't either.

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Strong's: "veracious". Thayer: "without lie, truthful". "in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began" (1:2): behind who can’t lie is this one word, and the New Testament has it only here (counted in RP2018, and in all eight editions TAGNT compares). The next verse goes on, "but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted" (1:3).