The Book of Titus
Titus instructs Paul's coworker on appointing elders in the new churches of Crete and living out sound doctrine through grace-powered good works.
- Testament
- New (3 chapters)
- Type
- Epistle
- Author
- Paul, writing to his coworker Titus.
- Date
- Probably 62-64 AD.
Sound doctrine, sound life
Belief and behavior are inseparable in Titus. Right teaching produces right living; bad living betrays bad doctrine. The book gives concrete instructions for elders, older men and women, younger men and women, and slaves.
The grace that trains
'The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world' (2:11-12) — grace not as permission to sin but as the trainer that teaches us not to.
Key verses (KJV)
“The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.” — Titus 2:11 (KJV)
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” — Titus 2:13 (KJV)
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us.” — Titus 3:5 (KJV)
How to read Titus
Three short chapters — read in one sitting alongside 1 Timothy (its companion pastoral letter).
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