提多书 1:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

到了適當的時候，　神就藉著福音的宣講，把他的道顯明出來。照著　神我們救主的命令，這宣講的使命交託了我），

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
到 了 日 期 ， 藉 着 传 扬 的 工 夫 把 他 的 道 显 明 了 ； 这 传 扬 的 责 任 是 按 着 神 我 们 救 主 的 命 令 交 托 了 我 。

Contextual Overview

¹ From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to help them know the truth that shows people how to serve God. ² That faith and that knowledge come from the hope for life forever, which God promised to us before time began. And God cannot lie. ³ At the right time God let the world know about that life through preaching. He trusted me with that work, and I preached by the command of God our Savior. ⁴ To Titus, my true child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Daniel 8:23, Daniel 9:24-27, Daniel 10:1, Daniel 11:27, Habakkuk 2:3, Acts 17:26, Romans 5:6, Galatians 4:4, Ephesians 1:10, 1 Timothy 2:6, 2 Timothy 1:10

manifested: Mark 13:10, Mark 16:15, Acts 10:36, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:15, Romans 15:19, Romans 16:26, Ephesians 2:17, Ephesians 3:5-8, Philippians 1:13, Colossians 1:6, Colossians 1:23, 1 Timothy 2:5, Revelation 14:16

which: 1 Corinthians 9:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11

God: Titus 2:10, Titus 2:13, Titus 3:4-6, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 45:15, Isaiah 45:21, 1 Timothy 1:1, 1 Timothy 2:3, 1 Timothy 4:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 106:21 - God Matthew 13:35 - I will utter Luke 12:48 - For Acts 20:24 - and the Galatians 1:1 - but 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - and admonish Titus 1:4 - our 1 Peter 1:20 - verily 1 Peter 1:25 - this 1 Peter 5:6 - in

Cross-References

Job 36:30
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.

Job 38:19
"What is the path to light's home, and where does darkness live?

Psalms 33:6
The sky was made at the Lord 's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Psalms 33:9
He spoke, and it happened. He commanded, and it appeared.

Psalms 97:11
Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest.

Psalms 104:2
you wear light like a robe. You stretch out the skies like a tent.

Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, and he has shown kindness to us. With branches in your hands, join the feast. Come to the corners of the altar.

Psalms 148:5
Let them praise the Lord , because they were created by his command.

Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Isaiah 60:19
The sun will no longer be your light during the day nor will the brightness from the moon be your light, because the Lord will be your light forever, and your God will be your glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But hath in due times manifested his word,.... Either Christ, his essential Word; or the word of truth, the Gospel of salvation; or rather his word of promise of eternal life in Christ Jesus:

through preaching; through the ministry of the word by the apostles; in which Christ is revealed in the glory of his person, and the fulness of his grace, and in the efficacy of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice; and in which the Gospel, that was ordained before the world was, and is the fellowship of the mystery which was hid in God, is published; and in which the promise of eternal life, which lay in God's heart, in the covenant of grace, and in the hands of Christ, and which with Christ, and his Gospel, were hid under the dark types, shadows, and sacrifices of the law, is clearly made known: "in due times"; appointed by God, agreed between the Father and the Son, and suitable to the state, case, and condition of men; when the law of Moses, and the light of nature, legal sacrifices, and moral power, had been sufficiently tried, the one in the Jewish, the other in the Gentile world; and after that the Son of God was become incarnate, which was in the fulness of time; and when he had suffered for the ungodly, which was in due time; see 1 Timothy 2:6.

Which is committed unto me; that is, which preaching or ministry of the word, the Gospel, and the dispensation of it, which, as a trust, was deposited in the hands of the apostle, and of which he was a faithful steward: according to the commandment of God our Saviour; either God the Father, so called, Titus 3:4 compared with Titus 1:6 and who is the Saviour of all men in a providential way, and of all the elect in a way of special grace, by his Son Jesus Christ; and by whom the apostle was appointed and separated to the preaching of the Gospel; and by whom this was committed to his trust: or rather the Lord Jesus Christ, who is truly and properly God, the great God, and our Saviour, Titus 2:13 and who is the only Saviour of lost sinners; and he it was that personally appeared to Paul, and made him a minister of the word, committed the Gospel to him, and gave him a commandment, and orders to preach it among the Gentiles, Acts 26:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But hath in due times - At the proper time; the time which he had intended; the best time: see the notes at 1 Timothy 2:6; compare the notes at Matthew 2:2.

Manifested his word through preaching - See the notes at 2 Timothy 2:10. The meaning here is, that he has made known his eternal purpose through the preaching of the gospel; compare the notes at Romans 10:14-15.

Which is committed unto me - Not exclusively, but in common with others; see the notes at 2 Timothy 1:11.

According to the commandment of God our Saviour - Paul always claimed to be divinely commissioned, and affirmed that he was engaged in the work of preaching by the authority of God; see Gal 1:1-12; 1 Corinthians 1:1; Romans 1:1-4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Titus 1:3. But hath in due times — καιροις ιδιοις. In its own times. See 2 Timothy 2:6; Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 2:7. God caused the Gospel to be published in that time in which it could be published with the greatest effect. It is impossible that God should prematurely hasten, or causelessly delay, the accomplishment of any of his works. Jesus was manifested precisely at the time in which that manifestation could best promote the glory of God and the salvation of man.

Manifested his word — τονλογοναυτου. His doctrine-the doctrine of eternal life, by the incarnation, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Which is committed unto me — That is, to preach it among the Gentiles.

According to the commandment of God our Saviour — This evidently refers to the commission which he had received from Christ. See Acts 9:15: "He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles." For, "I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee; to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light," c, Acts 26:16, c. This is the commandment and according to it he became the apostle of the Gentiles.

God our Saviour.-As the commission was given by Jesus Christ alone, the person whom he terms here God our Saviour must be Jesus Christ only; and this is another proof that St. Paul believed Jesus Christ to be GOD. This eternal life God had promised in a comparatively obscure way before the foundation of the world, the Jewish dispensation; but now under the Gospel, he had made it manifest-produced it with all its brightness, illustrations, and proofs.