Titus 1:4

⁴Τίτῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν· χάρις ⸀καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ ⸂Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν.

Titus 1 opens Paul's letter to his trusted delegate on Crete with a dense, theologically packed greeting that grounds the pastoral task in God's eternal promise. Paul then lays out the urgent mission: appoint elders in every town to counter a growing threat from false teachers, p