Epistle To Titus Sparknotes

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Summary of Titus

The book Titus, who is a greek christian, is written in three different chapters. They are all written by Paul the apostle. The Epistle to Titus is known as one of the Pastoral Epistles. Titus made two trips to Corinth to collect a contribution for the poor saints in Jerusalem and Paul commended him as a faithful helper. Knowing that, the basic theme to Titus is that he became best friends with Paul and they went around traveling together to talk to people about God. There most known place where they stopped is Crete. The Cretans had a reputation of dishonesty, piracy, and loose morality. They needed the most help getting to believe in Jesus. Paul had visited the island of Crete and observed all the immorality of the people there, and even the church was difficult to organize. They also went to Jerusalem and the Christian Jews wanted to circumcise Titus but Paul would not allow it. If Paul could never make it to the churches he would send Titus. The very next best thing to Paul was
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His instructions included those for both men and women of all ages. To help Titus continue in his faith in Christ, Paul suggested Titus come to Nicopolis and bring with him two other members of the church. The date of writing is in A.D. 66. Many of Paul’s journeys were documented and written to Titus. Some studies show that Paul wrote from Nicopol in Macedonia. Although no one knows if they are really authentic. The epistle to Titus is known as one of the Pastoral Epistles. The two Timothy letter ar also apart of it. It was written by Paul to encourage his brother (Titus) to travel around with Paul to churches talking about God. The letters show what it takes to be a leader of a church. He also warns Titus the people of crete are not very religious or nice. They are known as Kretizo, which means to be a

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