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The New Testament · The Letters of Paul

Titus

Organise Crete. Good luck.

Chapters
3
Verses
0
Where it sits
The Letters of Paul
1 2 3

What it is

Titus has been left on Crete to appoint elders in every town and get newly planted churches into working order, against teachers Paul has no patience for at all. It is short, practical, and contains one famously rude quotation of a Cretan poet about Cretans.

Known for

2:11–14, the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation. 3:4–7, the washing of regeneration.

A note for Orthodox readers

The language of God’s appearing in 2:11 and 3:4 is the language of Theophany, and these passages are read around the Nativity and Theophany season.

Where it sits

One of the Pastorals, disputed on the same grounds.

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