1:3
God has revealed what the promises are and how they are going to be fulfilled, and He has done this through the apostles, and all evangelists and preachers who came after them. We are part of God’s revelation if we faithfully live and present the gospel. Paul preached at the command of “God our saviour”. We do not preach what we want to preach, not the latest idea we have dreamed up. We preach the word of God. It is His revelation that we make known.
1:4
The introduction to this letter has been a little longer than was normal in Paul’s letters. Now he eventually comes to the recipient of the letter, Titus. He refers to Titus as “my true son in our common faith”. So there is a close bond between them. Paul considers him as a son in the faith, and that faith is common to them. They are part of the same enterprise. As in his other letters, Paul bestows a blessing of “Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour”. Grace and peace are our heritage in the gospel. Notice that hear he refers to “Christ Jesus our Saviour”, at the end of v3 he said “God our Saviour”.
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