Titus 3:15

Tit_3:15

Greet them that love us in the faith

Christian love

Hence note that religion bindeth man to man in the straightest bond; for

1.

The Spirit is the tier of it; and hence is it called the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; and indeed it must be a wonderful bond that can reconcile such deadly enemies as men are before they come into the kingdom of Christ (Isa_11:6).

2. Gods image, wheresoever it is, is exceeding beautiful, and a great binder, especially where renewed and repaired; which being once espied, let the outward condition be what it can be, a religious heart seeth sufficient matter of love, and will knit the soul unto the soul of such a one.

3. It addeth strength and firmness to all other bonds of nature, affinity, desert, etc., and maketh them more natural. What a true friend was Jonathan to David! Because he saw that God was with him his soul clave unto him; though the kingdom was to be rent from him for it, yet could he not rend his heart from David. If Joseph had not had more than nature, he could not but have revenged such infinite wrongs upon his brethren; whereas the grace of his heart made him say, It was not you, my brethren, but God sent me before you. Consider also of the example beyond all imitation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself to the death for us when we were yet His enemies.

4. This love must needs be most lasting; for being love in the truth for the truths sake, it shall continue so long as the truth doth; but the truth abideth with us, and shall abide with us forever; and this is the cause, that whereas the love of nature dieth with it, and the love of wicked men dieth with their persons, this love liveth in death, yea, when it goeth to heaven with a man, and getteth strength and perfection thee faith ceaseth, and hope vanisheth away.

Use

1. Whence we are taught most familiarly to embrace them that love us in the faith, and to make most account of their love. Many love in the face, many in the flesh, many in nature, only the love of Christians is a fruit of faith, a work of the Spirit, and therefore a surer bond than they all. Well knew the apostle that none was in comparison worth having but this; he calleth for no other, he careth for no other, he mentioneth no other.

2. Such as set into any society with others, if he would have it comfortable unto him, let him strengthen all other natural or civil bonds by this bond of religion; let him labour to begin his love in the faith, or, if he have begun elsewhere already, let him reform the same hereby if he look for any sound comfort in his estate; for this is the cause that men often have so little return of love from their wives, so little obedience from their children, so little duty from their servants, so slender respect from their equals, because they begin their love and duties at a wrong end, and have for other respects affected those with whom they live, but the least, if at all, for grace and religion, which of all is the soundest, most profitable, and most comfortable. (T. Taylor, D. D.)

Shake hands

Shake hands with somebody as you go out of church. The more of it the better, if it is expressive of real interest and feeling. There may be a great deal of the spirit of the gospel put into a hearty shake of the hand. Think of St. Pauls four times repeated request--Greet one another--after the custom then in common use, and one which is expressive of even warmer feeling than our common one of handshaking. Why not give your neighbours the benefit of the warm Christian feeling that fills you to your finger tips, and receive the like from them in return? You will both be benefited by it; and the stranger will go away feeling that the Church is not, after all, so cold as he had thought it to be.

Christian love

A lady and her little daughter, passing out of church, the child bade goodbye to a poorly dressed little girl. How did you know her? inquired the mother. Why, you see, mamma, she came into our Sabbath School alone, and I made a place for her on my seat, and I smiled and she smiled, and then we were acquainted.

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3:15 you all: The letter was addressed to Titus (1:4), but the whole church was the audience for the letter.

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Tit_3:15. End.

ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετʼ ἐμοῦ πάντες] is not to be understood generally of believers, but of the apostles fellow-workers.

ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει] φιλεῖν marks the inner, personal relation. The distinction between ἀγαπᾷν and φιλεῖν is plain from a comparison of Joh_3:16, ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, with Joh_16:17, ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ὑμᾶς; also Mat_10:37 : Ἡμᾶς, i.e. the apostle.Ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν] with you all, i.e. with thee and all Cretan believers. The form of the benediction does not imply that Titus was to communicate the epistle to the churches in Crete.

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Tit 3:15 . Final Salutation.

οἱ μετʼ ἐμοῦ : The preposition is different elsewhere in Paul: οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ πάντες ἀδελφοί , Gal 1:2 ; οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ ἀδελφοί , Phi 4:21 . οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ is a constant phrase in the Synoptists. There is a similar use of μετά in Act 20:34 (a speech of St. Paul’s), and in 2Ti 4:11 .

τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει ; The faith (see note on 1Ti 1:2 ) is that which binds Christians together more or less closely. Timothy and Titus were St. Paul’s τέκνα ἐν πίστει ; others were more distantly related to him, though of the same family, “the household of faith”.

Dean Armitage Robinson ( Ephesians , p. 281) gives several examples from papyri of similar formulas of closing, especially two, which read, ἀσπάζου … τοὺς φιλοῦντες σε (or ἡμᾶς ) πρὸς ἀληθίαν . This suggests the rendering here, those who love us truly .

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Greet--"Salute them that love us in the faith." All at Crete had not this love rooted in faith, the true bond of fellowship. A salutation peculiar to this Epistle, such as no forger would have used.

Grace--Greek, "The grace," namely, of God.

with you all--not that the Epistle is addressed to all the Cretan Christians, but Titus would naturally impart it to his flock.

Next: Philemon Introduction

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Verse 15. All that are with me] He means his companions in the ministry.

Salute thee.] Wish thee well, and desire to be affectionately remembered to thee.

Greet them that love us in the faith,] All that love us for Christ's sake, and all that are genuine Christians.

Grace be with you] May the Divine favour be your portion for ever.

Some MSS. read, The grace of the Lord be with you all; others, The grace of God be with you all; and one, Grace be with THY spirit, as if the greeting was sent to Titus only, whereas the others send it to the whole Church at Crete.

Amen.] This is wanting in ACD, and some others.

The subscriptions are, as usual, various. Those of the VERSIONS are the following: -

The Epistle to Titus was written from Nicopolis; and sent by the hands of Zena and Apollo. - SYRIAC.

To the man Titus. - AETHIOPIC.

The end of the epistle: it was written from Nicopolis. Incessant and eternal praise be to the God of glory. Amen. - ARABIC.

Written in Nicopolis, and sent by Artemas, his disciple. - COPTIC.

The Epistle to Titus is ended, who was the first bishop of the Church of the Cretans: and it was written from Nicopolis of Macedonia. - PHILOXENIAN SYRIAC.

There is no subscription in the VULGATE.

The MANUSCRIPTS are also various.

To Titus. - C, and Clarom.

That to Titus is completed: that to Philemon begins. - DEFG.

To Titus, written from Nicopolis. - A.

To Titus, written from Nicopolis of Macedonia. - of the Macedonians. - From Nicopolis, which is a province of Macedonia.

Paul the apostle's Epistle to Titus.

To Titus, ordained the first bishop of the Church of the Cretans: written from Nicopolis of Macedonia. - Common Greek Text.

To Titus, archbishop of Crete. - One of the Vienna MSS., written A. D. 1331.

THERE is not one of these subscriptions of any authority, and some of them are plainly ridiculous. We do not know that Titus was what we term bishop, much less that he was ordained bishop of Crete, as appointed to a particular see; and still less that he was the first bishop there. As to his being archbishop, that is the fiction of a time of deep darkness. That the epistle was written from some place near to Nicopolis, of Epirus, is very probable. That it was not written at Nicopolis is evident; and that this was not Nicopolis of Macedonia is also very probable. See the preface to this epistle for farther information on this point. And see a treatise by old Mr. Prynne entitled, The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus, 4to. Lond. 1636 and 1660, where, among many crooked things, there are some just observations.

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(15) All that are with me salute thee.—It is uncertain where Paul was when he wrote this letter. “All that are with me” include those with him, journeying in his company. They are not named, because the individuals composing the immediate following of St. Paul would be likely to be well known to Titus.

Greet them that love us in the faith.—An inclusive greeting, embracing each member of the Cretan Church whose love to him (St. Paul) was based upon the common faith in the Lord Jesus. Greet all who love me, as the earnest preacher of their faith and mine.

Amen.—The greater number of the ancient authorities omit “Amen.”

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15. Closing Salutation

15. All that are with me salute thee] The companions of his journey or sojourn, cf. Gal_1:2; Col_4:7-14. They are not specified and would be changing, as his needs and their feelings changed, cf. 2Ti_4:9-12.

Greet them that love us in the faith] Rather: salute them that love us in faith, ‘in faith,’ as 1Ti_1:2 ‘my true child in faith,’ i.e. spiritually, where see note. The phrase marks the gradual crystallising of the word ‘faith,’ somewhat as ‘our Christian friends’ has become a modern formula: cf. Tit_1:4 ‘in communion of faith.’

Grace be with you all. Amen] The shortest form of the Benediction, the fullest being at the end of 2 Cor. ‘An inclusive benediction that comprehends the episcopus and those committed to his oversight, Titus and all the faithful in Crete.’ Bp Ellicott; who rejects the final ‘Amen,’ as at the end of both the letters to Timothy, though the ms. authority for it is stronger here, on the ground that accidental omission seems less probable than insertion. The end recalls the beginning; the Apostle, whose sphere of ministry was the faith and full knowledge of the Cretan Christians, prays for ‘grace’ to be with them ‘all.’

The subscription given above has no sufficient authority; see note at end of 1 Tim.; and for ‘Macedonia’ note above, Tit_3:12. The best supported subscription here is simply To Titus.

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All that are with me salute thee,.... All the apostles, fellow labourers, and the ministers of the Gospel that were with him; and all the members of the church where he was, sent their Christian salutation to Titus; he being a person greatly esteemed, and whose praise was in all the churches:

greet them that love us in the faith; not merely as men, as their countrymen, as related to them in the flesh; or on account of any external things, but as believers; because of the doctrine of faith, professed and preached; and because of the grace of faith obtained and possessed; or who love us faithfully, sincerely, and uprightly, from their hearts, and not in word and tongue only:

grace be with you all, Amen; which is the common concluding salutation in all Paul's epistles. This shows that this epistle was not designed for Titus only, but for the saints at Crete.

It was written to Titus the first bishop of the church of the Cretians. But this subscription, as many others, is not to be depended upon; it is not very likely that Titus was bishop of this church at all; since his stay there was but short, nor indeed elsewhere, seeing he was an evangelist; though this is asserted both by Eusebius (d), and Sophronius (e), who adds, that he died and was buried here: and what follows, that it was written

from Nicopolis of Macedonia, does not seem to be just, as may be concluded from Tit 3:12. Many learned men think it was written from Colosse, or some neighbouring place; though when he wrote his epistle to the Colossians it looks as if he had never been there before: the Syriac version adds, "sent by the hands of Zenas and Apollos"; which is not unlikely, since he desires they might be accommodated by Titus with what was necessary for the remaining part of their journey, Tit 3:13.

(d) Eccl. Hist. l. 3. c. 4. (e) In Hieron. Eccl. Script. Catalog. sect. 12.

Next: Philemon Introduction

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15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.>>

Ver. 15. That love us in the faith] That best ligament of love. The Church is the only daughter of her mother, and is called Ecclesia , of calling all hers together. Religion hath its name of binding, because it binds men all in a bundle, and makes them be of one heart and of one soul, Act 4:32, to serve the Lord with one shoulder, Zep 3:9, to glorify God with "one mind and with one mouth," Rom 15:6, there being no such oneness in the world as among true believers.

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All that are with me salute thee - Notes, Rom 16:3. Paul, at the close of his epistles, usually mentions the names of those who sent affectionate salutations. Here it would seem to be implied that Titus knew who were with Paul, and also that he himself had been traveling with him. He evidently refers not to those who were residing in the place where he was, but to those who had gone with him from Crete as his companions.

Greet them that love us in the faith - In the faith of the gospel, or as Christians. No names are here mentioned; compare 1Th 5:26; Col 4:15.

Grace be with you all - Notes, Rom 1:7; Rom 16:20.

The subscription, “It was written to Titus,” etc., is, like the other subscriptions at the close of the epistles, of no authority whatever; see the close of the notes at 1 Cor. In this subscription there are probably two errors:

(1) In the statement that Titus was “ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians;” because:

(a)There is no evidence that there was a church there called “the church of the Cretians,” as there were doubtless many churches on the island;

(b)There is no evidence that Titus was the first Bishop of the church there, or that he was the first one there to whom might be properly applied the term “bishop” in the Scriptural sense. Indeed, there is positive evidence that he was not the first, for Paul was there with him, and Titus was “left” there to complete what he had begun.

There is no evidence that Titus was “bishop” there at all in the prelatical sense of the term, or even that he was a settled pastor; see the notes at Tit 3:1, Tit 3:5.

(2) That the epistle was written “from Nicopolis of Macedonia;” for

(a)There is no certain evidence that it was written at Nicopolis at all, though this is probable;

(b)There is no reason to believe that the Nicopolis referred to was in Macedonia; see Introduction 4.

These subscriptions are so utterly destitute of authority, and are so full of mistakes, that it is high time they were omitted in the editions of the Bible. They are no part of the inspired writings, but are of the nature of “notes and comments,” and are constantly doing something, perhaps much, to perpetuate-error. “The opinion that Timothy and Titus were prelatical bishops, the one of Ephesus and the other of Crete, depends far more on these worthless subscriptions than on anything in the epistles themselves.” Indeed, there is no evidence of it in the epistles; and, if these subscriptions were removed, no man from the New Testament would ever suppose that they sustained this office at all.

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There is no tie so tender or so strong as that of faith and charity. Nothing unites us truly together, but that which unites us all to God and to Jesus Christ, by an union of the same sentiments of faith, the same emotions of love, and the same inclinations of grace.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Greet them that love us in the faith; that love us as we are Christians, in and for the gospel.

Grace be with you all. Amen: the free love of God be thy portion, and the portion of all the Christians in Crete.

It was written to Titus, ordained the first Bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

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15. All… with me—Though Paul now calls Titus and others to him, there are a number with him. These were his retinue (see notes Act_20:4; Act_21:18) of fellow-labourers. They came and went by his direction.

Love us—Christian acquaintances who specially cherished his remembrance.

You all—Not all the Churches of Crete, but all the attendant labourers of Titus. It was a salutation from Paul’s retinue to Titus. The subscription affirming that the epistle was written from Nicopolis is clearly erroneous, as is shown by the word there in Tit_3:12.

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Salute for greet, A.V; faith for the faith, A.V That love us in faith has no sense. "The faith" is right. (see 1Ti_1:2, note) Grace be with you all. So, with slight varieties, end St. Paul"s other Epistles. The T.R. has Amen, as have most of the other Epistles.

Salutation and conclusion.

"All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

I MARK HOW THE EPISTLE, WHICH BEGAN WITH THE FAITH OF GOD"S ELECT, ENDS WITH GRACE AND LOVE.

II MARK THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED BY GRACE BETWEEN THE WIDELY SCATTERED MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. They are one holy, happy family, united by love. The threefold repetition of the word "all" suggests the deep unity of the body of Christ, in spite of its inward distractions and errors and sins.

III THE SALUTATION IMPLIES THAT, THOUGH ADDRESSED TO TITUS, THE EPISTLE WAS TO RE COMMUNICATED TO THE WHOLE CHURCH IN CRETE. T.C.

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Ver. 15. The conclusion is brief and simple; All that are with me (that is, probably, such as were labouring with him in the ministry of the gospel) salute thee; salute those that love us in the faith; the grace (namely, of God) be with you all. No other epistle of the apostle’s ends quite similarly. The mode of salutation may be said to be Pauline in spirit; but in form it differs too much from those found in the other epistles, to have been at all likely to occur to any one but the apostle himself. But including, as it did, all who loved the apostle in the faith, it implies that the epistle was to be made known to the churches in Crete.

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All that are with me salute thee.--By these words St. Paul gives Titus to understand, that all the Christians that were then with him did embrace him with an endearing and loving affection, and would have their mindfulness of him witnessed by a kind and familiar salutation. These salutations had more in them than humanity, civility, and common courtesy; they were attestations of a truly Christian love and brotherly affection of one member of Christ towards another, for grace’s sake.

Greet them that love us in the faith--That is, as Christians, as brethern, and fellow-members in Christ, Verus Amicus qui vere & in Deo diligit. Grace binds man to man in the strongest and most indissoluble bonds and ties.

Grace be with you all. Amen.--This is the salutation of St. Paul, always written with his own hand, in all his epistles, although the epistles themselves were writ by others; he did it to prevent counterfeits, that no spurious writings might be obtruded upon the church: and whereas he says, Grace be with you all, it plainly intimates, that although this epistle be written by name to Titus, that yet it was intended for the benefit and advantage of the whole church.

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General Information:

Paul ends his letter to Titus.

All those

"All the people"

those who love us in faith

Possible meanings are 1) "the believers who love us" or 2) "the believers who love us because we share the same belief."

Grace be with all of you

This was a common Christian greeting. AT: "May God's grace be with you" or "I ask that God will be gracious to all of you"

translationWords

faith

grace

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15. The rec. text adds at the end ἀμήν with the great bulk of manuscripts and versions, and the Greek Fathers; but Tischendorf, Tregelles and WH omit it with the important group א*ACD2* 17 d and the Latin Fathers.

The subscription printed in the rec. text is:

Πρὸς Τίτον, τῆς Κρητῶν ἐκκλησίας πρῶτον ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονηθέντα, ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως τῆς Μακεδονίας. This is found in K and in some cursives, and substantially the same colophon is preserved in HL.

אC 17 have simply πρὸς Τίτον; D2E add to this ἐπληρώθη, G has ἐτελέσθη ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Τίτον; AP have πρ. Τίτον ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως. See Introd. p. xxxii., and note on Tit 3:12 below.

15. SALUTATIONS

15. ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετʼ ἐμοῦ πάντες. All that are with me salute thee.

This exact form of salutation is not used elsewhere by St Paul (though cp. 2Ti 4:21), which again may be urged as a point in favour of the genuineness of the letter, a forger not being likely to introduce unfamiliar features.

Cp. Gal 1:2, οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ πάντες ἀδελφοί; it is worth remarking that σύν is not once found (save in composition) in the Pastoral Epistles, its place being always supplied by μετά[515].

[515] In like manner, σύν is very rare in St John’s Gospel, and never occurs in his Epistles or in the Apocalypse.

ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. Salute them that love us in faith. ἐν πίστει seems to be used as at 1Ti 1:2, their πίστις being as it were the bond which unites Paul and the Cretan Christians.

BENEDICTION

ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν. The Grace, sc. of our Lord, be with you all. This is the σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ (2 Thessalonians 3

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15.] Salutations: greetings: Apostolic; benedictions. All that are with me salute thee. Salute those that love us in the faith (not ‘in faith:’ see note, 1Ti 1:2. This form of salutation, so different from any occurring in St. Paul’s other Epistles, is again [see on ch. 1:1] a strong corroboration of genuineness. An apocryphal imitator would not have missed the Apostle’s regular formulæ of salutation). God’s (ἡ) grace be with all of you (of the Cretan churches. It does not follow from this that the letter was to be imparted to them: but in the course of things it naturally would be thus imparted by Titus).

On the subscription in the rec., making our Epistle date from Nicopolis, see in Prolegg. § ii. 30 ff.

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15. οἱ μετʼ ἐμοῦ] perhaps “my travelling companions,” as no place is mentioned; cf. Gal 1:2.

ἄσπ. τοὺς φιλ.] cf. BGU. 332, Ἀσπάζου Ἀμμωνοῦν σὺν τέκνοις καὶ συμβίῳ καὶ τοὺς φιλοῦντάς σε, other and instances in A. Robinson on Eph., p. 281. Our real friends in contrast to false teachers, 1:9, 2:8.

ἐν πίστει] possibly “in loyalty”; cf. Fay. Pap. 118, τοῦς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἀλήθιαν, but 1:4, 1Ti 1:2 make it almost certain that it is “in a common faith,” “in loyalty to Christ.”

μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν] even with those to whom he could not send a warm greeting. This implies that the substance of the letter would become known to the whole church.

Tynd. Tyndale’s New Testament, 1534.

Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament, by Archbishop Trench, 8th edition, 1876.

Clem. Hom. Clementis Romani Homiliæ, ed. Dressel, 1853.

Pap. Oxyr. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, ed. Grenfell and Hunt, vols. i.-xv., London, 1898-

R.V. Revised Version of the English Bible.

Const. Apost. Constitutiones Apostolorum, ed. P. A. de Lagarde, 1862.

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Them that love us in the faith [τους φιλουντας ημας εν πιστει] . Better, in faith. The phrase N. T. o. Filein to love, only here in Pastorals, and in Paul, only 1Co 16:22. See on ajgaph love, Gal. verse

Const. in faith with that love us.

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