1Ti 1:14, Tit 3:15 | JFB | STEP | 14. And — Greek, "But." Not only so (was mercy shown me), but the grace —by which "I obtained mercy" ( ). was exceeding abundant — Greek, "superabounded." Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" ( ). with faith — accompanied with faith, the opposite of "unbelief" ( ). love —in contrast to "a blasphemer, persecutor, and injurious." which is in Christ —as its element and home [ALFORD ]: here as its source whence it flows to us.

1 Timothy 1:14

14. And—Greek, "But." Not only so (was mercy shown me), but

the grace—by which "I obtained mercy" (1Ti 1:13).

was exceeding abundant—Greek, "superabounded." Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound" (Ro 5:20).

with faith—accompanied with faith, the opposite of "unbelief" (1Ti 1:13).

love—in contrast to "a blasphemer, persecutor, and injurious."

which is in Christ—as its element and home [ALFORD]: here as its source whence it flows to us.

Titus 3:15

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.

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

with you all—not that the Epistle is addressed to all the Cretan Christians, but Titus would naturally impart it to his flock.