Titus 1:4

Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

So far, faith and savior have both been mentioned twice (possible themes?). Paul must be thinking about Jesus as Savior... perhaps an insight into the structure of the book - or into what Paul was meditating on lately. What was Paul reading that week?

Should note that the faith intended to be built here is that of the elect. Should meditate more on this... This is written for the elect - in a way, is missions included in the phrase "for the sake of the faith of God's elect" ? I think so, otherwise I could not expect this book to be for me. I am one of the elect - but wasn't visibly converted when this was written. Not sure if Paul was specifically thinking about me (or at least "my" category of future converted), but I imagine God was when he inspired the writing down of the truth in this book. So, it seems like even in writing to and for the elect, it makes sense that missions is assumed - so there will be future generations of elect to benefit from this letter. (Makes you wonder how much Paul knew of his purpose in the broader history of the church... clearly, he knows what he's preaching is the manifestation of ages old truth - so would be relevant to future generations too...).