Teks -- Titus 3:15 (NET)

3:15 Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Tit 3:15 - That love us

That love us ( tous philountas hēmās ).

Paul craved the love of his friends as opposed to Tit 2:8.||

Vincent: Tit 3:15 - Them that love us in the faith

Them that love us in the faith ( τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει )

Better, in faith . The phrase N.T.o . Φιλεῖν to love , only here in Pastorals, and in Paul, only 1Co 16:22. See on ἀγάπη love , Gal 5:22. Const. in faith with that love us .

JFB: Tit 3:15 - 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.

JFB: Tit 3:15 - Grace

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

JFB: Tit 3:15 - with you all

Not that the Epistle is addressed to all the Cretan Christians, but Titus would naturally impart it to his flock.

Clarke: Tit 3:15 - All that are with me

All that are with me - He means his companions in the ministry

Clarke: Tit 3:15 - Salute thee

Salute thee - Wish thee well, and desire to be affectionately remembered to thee

Clarke: Tit 3:15 - Greet them that love us in the faith,

Greet them that love us in the faith, - All that love us for Christ’ s sake, and all that are genuine Christians

Clarke: Tit 3:15 - Grace be with you

Grace be with you - May the Divine favor 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

Clarke: Tit 3:15 - Amen

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

TSK: Tit 3:15 - with me // Greet // love // Grace

with me : Rom 16:21-24

Greet : Rom. 16:1-20

love : Gal 5:6; Eph 6:23; 1Ti 1:5; Phm 1:5; 2Jo 1:1, 2Jo 1:2; 3Jo 1:1

Grace : 1Co 16:23; Eph 6:24; 2Ti 4:22; Heb 13:25

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Tit 3:15 - 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

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

Haydock: Tit 3:15

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.

Gill: Tit 3:15 - 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 the first bishop of the church of the Cretians // from Nicopolis of Macedonia

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.