Толкование К Титу послание ап. Павла 1 глава 4 стих - Экзегет

Now the apostle writes to Titus, “most dearly beloved son,” which is expressed in Greek as γνησίῳ τέκνῳ. This cannot be rendered into Latin speech, for γνησίος expresses more the idea that someone is called faithful and is one’s own and, so to speak, is legitimate or genuine. There is no comparison to another. From this we understand that there were very great differences among Paul’s sons. He considered some to be γνησίους, that is, very genuine and united with himself and offspring of a true marriage and of free woman. But others were, so to speak, from a maidservant and from Hagar, who cannot receive an inheritance with Isaac, the son of the free woman. For the words and wisdom and teaching by which Titus was instructing the churches of Christ made him into the apostle’s own son, and separated him from all association with others.
After this let us consider what follows: “according to the common faith.” When he speaks of “common faith,” does he mean common to all who believed in Christ or “faith common” only to himself and Titus? Now indeed what seems better to me is that the faith of the apostle Paul and of Titus was common, rather than that of all the faithful in whom faith too could not have been common, but diverse, because of the variety of minds.
But finally, notice that the prefatory part of the epistle and the greeting found in the apostle’s preface to Titus is completed with the following sort of conclusion: “Grace and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.” It is either to be understood that both grace and peace are both from God the Father and from Christ Jesus, and both can be given by either one; or that grace is attributed to the Father, peace to the Son. One should not move on from here without hesitation, since the apostle prayed for certain people that grace and peace would be multiplied. But now to Titus peace and grace are recorded without multiplication. Noah, a just man, who alone was preserved from the shipwreck of the world, is not said to have found in the sight of God many graces, but one grace. And Moses said to the Lord, “If I have found grace before you.” And if anywhere else grace is recorded in the name of the saints, “seek and you will find” that they did not find graces, but grace. That merchant from the Gospel, who had many pearls, in the end he found one precious one. Of many pearls this is the only one he buys. For it belongs to the perfect to buy one pearl and one treasure, by means of all their pearls and by trading all their other goods. But it belongs to beginners and to those who are still en route not yet to have only one, but many.