Context & Key Themes Paul closes his letter by widening the lens. The first two chapters dealt with leaders and with the various groups inside the church; the final chapter turns outward to life in the wider world. Believers are to be submissive to rulers, ready for every good work, gentle toward all people. Paul…
Context & Key Themes Paul shifts from the qualifications of leaders to the formation of the whole congregation. Having charged Titus to silence false teachers and appoint sound elders, he now turns to what those elders are to teach — and to whom. The chapter walks through five groups of people in turn (older men,…
Context & Key Themes Paul opens his letter to Titus by establishing his apostolic authority and affirming the shared faith and shared task that bind them together. Titus has been left on the island of Crete with a difficult mandate: to set in order what was lacking and to appoint elders in every town. The…