After barely two years in office, titus died of a fever on 13 september 81 ad. 4 to titus, my true son in our common faith Grace and peace from god the father and christ jesus our savior Appointing elders who love what is good Titus was one of at least two younger men that paul discipled and described as his “son in the faith that we share” (titus 1:4) The other man is timothy, and the second letter to the corinthians is addressed as from paul and timothy to the church in corinth (2 corinthians 1:1).
Titus is a pastoral epistle from paul to titus, a leader in the early church It provides guidance on appointing church elders, promoting sound doctrine, and encouraging good works among believers. Titus was a greek follower of jesus and, for years, a trusted coworker and travel companion to paul Titus had also helped paul with crisis situations in the past (gal Titus 1:1 identifies the apostle paul as the author of the book of titus Who wrote the book of titus
The epistle to titus was written in approximately ad 66 Paul’s many journeys are well documented and show that he wrote to titus from nicopolis in epirus In some bibles a subscription to the epistle may show that paul. Titus, as well as other christians in syrian antioch, accompany paul and barnabas on their journey (galatians 2:1) The subsequent church gathering to decide the issue of circumcision is called the jerusalem conference. Paul likely wrote titus during a fourth missionary journey not recorded in the book of acts
Writing from an unknown location, he instructed titus in how to lead the churches on the island of crete. As god’s faithful servant he traveled with paul on his third missionary journey (2 cor
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