{My true child} (gn(8873)i(9369) tekn(9369)). See 1Ti 1:2 for this
adjective with Timothy. Titus is not mentioned in Acts, possibly
because he is Luke's brother. But one can get a clear picture of
him by turning to 2Co 2:13 7:6-15 8:6-24 12:16-18 Ga 2:1-3 Tit 1:4f. 3:12 2Ti 4:10 . He had succeeded in Corinth where
Timothy had failed. Paul had left him in Crete as superintendent
of the work there. Now he writes him from Nicopolis ( Tit 3:12 ).
{After a common faith} (kata koin(886e) pistin). Here kata does
mean standard, not aim, but it is a faith (pistin) common to a
Gentile (a Greek) like Titus as well as to a Jew like Paul and so
common to all races and classes ( Jude 1:3 ). Koinos does not
here have the notion of unclean as in Ac 10:14 11:8 .
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