Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
in due times—Greek, "in its own seasons," the seasons appropriate to it, and fixed by God for it (Acts 1:7).
manifested—implying that the "promise," Titus 1:2, had lain hidden in His eternal purpose heretofore (compare Colossians 1:26; II Timothy 1:9-10).
his word—equivalent to "eternal life" (Titus 1:2; John 5:24; John 6:63; John 17:3, John 17:17).
through preaching—Greek, "in preaching," of rather as ALFORD (see on II Timothy 4:17), "in the (Gospel) proclamation (the thing preached, the Gospel) with which I was entrusted."
according to—in pursuance of (compare I Timothy 1:1).
of God our Saviour—rather as Greek, "of our Saviour God." God is predicated of our Saviour (compare Judges 1:25; Luke 1:47). Also Psalms 24:5; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 45:15, Isaiah 45:21, Septuagint. Applied to Jesus, Titus 1:4; Titus 2:13; Titus 3:6; II Timothy 1:10.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Titus 1:3:
Isaiah 42:1
1 Timothy 1:1
1 Timothy 1:11
1 Timothy 2:6
1 Timothy 2:7
1 Timothy 6:15
2 Timothy 1:10
Titus 3:4
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