Titus 1:3
New International Version
and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,

New Living Translation
And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

English Standard Version
and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

Berean Standard Bible
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

Berean Literal Bible
and in His own seasons revealed in His word, in the proclamation with which I have been entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior.

King James Bible
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

New King James Version
but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

New American Standard Bible
but at the proper time revealed His word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

NASB 1995
but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

NASB 1977
but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

Legacy Standard Bible
but at the proper time manifested His word in preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

Amplified Bible
and at the appointed time has made known His word and revealed it as His message, through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the command of God our Savior—

Christian Standard Bible
In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In His own time He has revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior:

American Standard Version
but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he has revealed his word in his time by our preaching, with which I was entrusted by the commandment of God Our Lifegiver.

Contemporary English Version
So, at the proper time, God our Savior gave this message and told me to announce what he had said.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior:

English Revised Version
but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God has revealed this in every era by spreading his word. I was entrusted with this word by the command of God our Savior.

Good News Translation
and at the right time he revealed it in his message. This was entrusted to me, and I proclaim it by order of God our Savior.

International Standard Version
At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

Literal Standard Version
(and He revealed His word in [His] own times), in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Savior,

Majority Standard Bible
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

New American Bible
who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior,

NET Bible
But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

New Revised Standard Version
in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,

New Heart English Bible
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

Webster's Bible Translation
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

Weymouth New Testament
And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:

World English Bible
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

Young's Literal Translation
(and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Paul's Greeting to Titus
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: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.…

Cross References
Mark 1:15
"The time is fulfilled," He said, "and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"

Luke 1:47
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

Romans 10:14
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

Romans 16:25
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past

1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

1 Timothy 1:11
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 2:6
who gave Himself as a ransom for all--the testimony that was given at just the right time.


Treasury of Scripture

But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

in.

Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy…

Daniel 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

manifested.

Mark 13:10
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Acts 10:36
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

which.

1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

God.

Titus 2:10,13
Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things…

Titus 3:4-6
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, …

Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

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Titus 1
1. Paul greets Titus, who was left to finish the work in Crete.
6. How those chosen as ministers ought to be qualified.
11. The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped;
12. and what manner of men they be.














(3) But hath in due times.--Or better, but hath in his own seasons--that is, in the fitting seasons, those fixed by Him for the manifestation.

Manifested his word.--That is, His gospel. (See Romans 16:25.)

Through preaching.--Or, in the preaching. Paul does not shrink from calling his preaching the vehicle in which the Word or the gospel of God was to be publicly manifested, because he was conscious that he was divinely instructed in the secrets of the eternal counsels.

Which is committed unto me.--Literally, with which I was entrusted.

According to the commandment of God our Saviour.--The commandment came to St. Paul direct from God; we have several intimations of this. Amongst others, on the Damascus road, when the Lord appeared to him; in the Temple at Jerusalem; in the ship, during the memorable voyage which ended with shipwreck; in the visions mentioned in 2Corinthians 12:1-9. St. Paul dwells with emphasis on the thought that he was entrusted with the preaching of the gospel according to the commandment of God. The work was not undertaken by him, from any will or wish of his own. "God our Saviour" in this place, as in 1Timothy 1:1, must be understood as "God the Father." The First Person of the blessed Trinity fitly possesses the title of "our Saviour," because through the death of His dear Son He redeemed us from death and made us heirs of eternal life. The Second Person of the Trinity is likewise a possessor of the title, because He shed His blood as the price of our redemption. The epithet of "Saviour"--the title just given to the Father, in the very next verse ascribed to the "Son"--is one of the many indications we possess of St. Paul's belief that the Son was equal to the Father as touching His Godhead.

Verse 3. - In his own seasons for hath due times, A.V.; in the message for through preaching, A.V.; wherewith 1 was entrusted for which is committed unto me, A.V. In his own seasons. The margin, its own seasons, is preferable (see 1 Timothy 2:7, note). The phrase is equivalent to "the fullness of the time" (Galatians 4:4). Manifested his Word. There is a change of construction. "The relative sentence passes almost imperceptibly into a primary sentence" (Buttmann in Huther); "his Word" becomes the object of the verb "made manifest," instead of "eternal life," as one would have expected. His Word is the whole revelation of the gospel, including the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Compare St. Peter's address to Cornelius (Acts 10:36). This "Word," which lay in the mind of God through the ages, and was only dimly expressed in the promises given from time to time (1 Peter 1:10-12), was now "made manifest," and proclaimed openly in that preaching of the gospel of God's grace which was entrusted to St. Paul. This same idea is frequently expressed (see Romans 16:25; Ephesians 1:9, 10; Ephesians 3:3-11; 2 Timothy 1:9-11; 1 Peter 1:20), In the message. Surely a poor and a false rendering. Ἐν κηρύγματι means "by the open proclamation" which St. Paul, as God's herald, κήρυξ, was commanded to make. But this is better expressed by the word which is appropriated to the proclamation of the gospel, viz. "preaching." So, as above quoted, Romans 16:25; 2 Timothy 1:11, and elsewhere frequently. According to the commandment (κατ ἐπιταγὴν κ.τ.λ..); Romans 16:26; 1 Timothy 1:1 (comp. Galatians 1:1). God our Savior (1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Timothy 2:3; Titus 2:10; Titus 3:4; Jude 1:25; and also Luke 1:47). Elsewhere in the New Testament the term "Savior" (Σωτήρ) is always applied to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[In His] own
ἰδίοις (idiois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

time,
καιροῖς (kairois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.

He has revealed
ἐφανέρωσεν (ephanerōsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5319: To make clear (visible, manifest), make known. From phaneros; to render apparent.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

message
λόγον (logon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] proclamation
κηρύγματι (kērygmati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2782: A proclamation, preaching. From kerusso; a proclamation.

entrusted
ἐπιστεύθην (episteuthēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

to me
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

by
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] command
ἐπιταγὴν (epitagēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2003: Instruction, command, order, authority. From epitasso; an injunction or decree; by implication, authoritativeness.

of God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Savior.
Σωτῆρος (Sōtēros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4990: A savior, deliverer, preserver. From sozo; a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ.


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