The Letter of the Apostle Paul to
TITUS
Author:
Paul an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Date:
Sometime about 65 AD.
Themes:
As in his first letter to Timothy, Paul teaches how believers should behave and serve in the church of God, and toward one another. In all his letters Paul emphasizes the grace of God and he does so in this one in two great passages – Titus 2:11-14; 3:3-7.
Contents:
Introduction 1:1-4
Qualifications for church elders 1:5-9
Empty talkers and deceivers 1:10-16
Instruction for various kinds of people 2:1-10
What God’s grace teaches 2:11-15
The way believers should live 3:1-2
The way believers lived before they believed 3:3
Salvation is by God’s grace and mercy 3:4-7
Those who are saved should do good deeds 3:8
Things and people to avoid 3:9-11
Closing remarks 3:12-15