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<div class="head">Executable Outlines</div>
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<div class="subhead">The Epistle to Titus</div>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;">Introduction</div>
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<p><b>AUTHOR:</b> The apostle Paul, as stated in the salutation (<a id="si-Tts 1:1" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,1);">Tts 1:1</a>). The testimony of church history also provides overwhelming support that Paul is the author.</p>
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<p><b>RECIPIENT:</b> Titus, Paul's "true son in common faith" (<a id="si-Tts 1:4" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,4);">Tts 1:4</a>). There is no mention of Titus by name in the book of Acts, but we can glean much about him from the epistles of Paul. He was a Gentile by birth (<a id="si-Gal 2:3" onClick="return mV('Gal',2,3);">Gal 2:3</a>), and accompanied Paul to Jerusalem during the controversy over circumcision (<a id="si-Act 15:1-2" onClick="return mV('Act',15,1,2);">Act 15:1-2</a>; <a id="si-Gal 2:1-5" onClick="return mV('Gal',2,'1-5');">Gal 2:1-5</a>).</p>
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<p>During Paul's third missionary journey, Titus became his personal emissary to the church at Corinth, seeking to learn how they received his first letter. When Titus did not return to Troas as expected, Paul anxiously went on to Macedonia (<a id="si-2Co 2:12-13" onClick="return mV('2Cr',2,12,13);">2Co 2:12-13</a>). It was there that Paul and Titus finally connected, much to the relief and comfort of Paul when Titus reported how well he was received by the
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Corinthians (<a id="si-2Cr 7:5-7, 13-15" onClick="return mV('2Cr',7,'5-7','13-15');">2Cr 7:5-7, 13-15</a>). Paul then sent Titus and two others back to Corinth, bearing the letter we call Second Corinthians, and exhorting the brethren to complete their collection for the needy saints in Jerusalem (<a id="si-2Cr 8:16-24" onClick="return mV('2Cr',8,'16-24');">2Cr 8:16-24</a>-<a id="si-2Cr 9:1-5" onClick="return mV('2Cr',9,'1-5');">2Cr 9:1-5</a>).</p>
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<p>At the time of the epistle to Titus, he had been left on the island of Crete by Paul to <b>"set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city"</b> (<a id="si-Tit 1:5" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,5);">Tit 1:5</a>). If Paul's plans as expressed in this epistle materialized, then Titus left soon after the arrival of Artemas or Tychicus, and met Paul at Nicopolis in northwest Greece (cf. <a id="si-Tts 3:12" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,12);">Tts 3:12</a>). We last read of Titus that he had gone to Dalmatia (in modern day Yugoslavia) during the final days of Paul's life (<a id="si-2Ti 4:10" onClick="return mV('2Ti',4,10);">2Ti 4:10</a>).</p>
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<p><b>TIME AND PLACE OF WRITING:</b> The general consensus is that following his first imprisonment in Rome the apostle Paul was released and allowed to travel for several years before being arrested again. The following itinerary has been proposed by the Ryrie Study Bible:</p>
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<div class="levA">* Paul was released from his house arrest in Rome (where we find him at the end of Acts), probably because his accusers did not choose to press their charges against him before Caesar (<a id="si-Act 24:1" onClick="return mV('Act',24,1);">Act 24:1</a>; <a id="si-Act 28:30" onClick="return mV('Act',28,30);">Act 28:30</a>). Their case, therefore, was lost by default, and Paul was freed.</div>
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<div class="levA">* Paul visited Ephesus, left Timothy there to supervise the churches, and went on to Macedonia (northern Greece).</div>
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<div class="levA">* From there he wrote 1 Timothy (<a id="si-1Ti 1:3" onClick="return mV('1Ti',1,3);">1Ti 1:3</a>).</div>
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<div class="levA">* He visited Crete, left Titus there to supervise those churches, and went to Nicopolis in Achaia (southern Greece, <a id="si-Tts 3:12" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,12);">Tts 3:12</a>).</div>
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<div class="levA">* Either from Macedonia or Nicopolis, he wrote this letter to encourage Titus.</div>
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<div class="levA">* He visited Troas (<a id="si-2Ti 4:13" onClick="return mV('2Ti',4,13);">2Ti 4:13</a>), where he was suddenly arrested, taken to Rome, imprisoned, and finally beheaded.</div>
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<div class="levA">* From Rome, during this second imprisonment, he wrote 2 Timothy.</div>
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<p>It cannot be established with certainty, but it possible that Paul wrote this letter from Corinth, sometime around 63-66 A.D.</p>
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<p><b>PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE:</b> Like his first epistle to Timothy, this letter is written to a young preacher assigned a difficult task. Evidently the churches on the island of Crete were in need of maturation, and this letter is designed to assist Titus in that work. Therefore, Paul wrote to encourage Titus:</p>
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<div class="levA"><b>* To see that qualified elders were appointed in every city (<a id="si-Tts 1:5-9" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'5-9');">Tts 1:5-9</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>* To preach things befitting "sound doctrine" (<a id="si-Tts 2:1" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,1);">Tts 2:1</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>* To exhort the brethren to be "zealous for good works" (<a id="si-Tts 2:14" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,14);">Tts 2:14</a>; <a id="si-Tts 3:1, 8, 14" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,1,8,14);">Tts 3:1, 8, 14</a>)</b></div>
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<p><b>THEME OF THE EPISTLE:</b> The key phrase in this epistle is <b>"good works"</b> (<a id="si-Tts 1:16" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,16);">Tts 1:16</a>; <a id="si-Tts 2:7, 14" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,7,14);">Tts 2:7, 14</a>; <a id="si-Tts 3:1, 8, 14" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,1,8,14);">Tts 3:1, 8, 14</a>). An appropriate theme for this epistle might therefore be:</p>
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<p align="center"><b>"MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS!"</b></p>
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<p><b>KEY VERSE: <a id="si-Tts 3:8" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,8);">Tts 3:8</a></p>
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<div class="block"><b>"This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable for men."</b></div>
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<p> </p>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>OUTLINE:</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>INTRODUCTION (<a id="si-Tts 1:1-4" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'1-4');">Tts 1:1-4</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>I. <u>INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CHURCH ORGANIZATION</u> (<a id="si-Tts 1:5-16" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'5-16');">Tts 1:5-16</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. QUALIFICATIONS OF ELDERS (<a id="si-Tts 1:5-9" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'5-9');">Tts 1:5-9</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. CHARACTERISTICS OF FALSE TEACHERS (<a id="si-Tts 1:10-16" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'10-16');">Tts 1:10-16</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>II. <u>INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CHRISTIAN CONDUCT</u> (<a id="si-Tts 2:1-15" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,'1-15');">Tts 2:1-15</a>; <a id="si-Tts 3:1-11" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,'1-11');">Tts 3:1-11</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. FOR THE OLDER MEN AND WOMEN (<a id="si-Tts 2:1-3" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,'1-3');">Tts 2:1-3</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. FOR THE YOUNGER WOMEN AND MEN (<a id="si-Tts 2:4-8" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,'4-8');">Tts 2:4-8</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. FOR THE SERVANTS (<a id="si-Tts 2:9-14" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,'9-14');">Tts 2:9-14</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>D. FOR THE BRETHREN IN GENERAL (<a id="si-Tts 3:1-11" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,'1-11');">Tts 3:1-11</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>CONCLUSION (<a id="si-Tts 3:12-15" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,'12-15');">Tts 3:12-15</a>)</b></div>
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<p> </p>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>1) What were the circumstances in which we first find Titus and Paul together? (<a id="si-Gal 2:1-5" onClick="return mV('Gal',2,'1-5');">Gal 2:1-5</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Titus had accompanied Paul in attending the conference in Jerusalem regarding circumcision</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>2) Why was Paul adamant in not allowing others to compel Titus to be circumcised? (<a id="si-Gal 2:3-5" onClick="return mV('Gal',2,'3-5');">Gal 2:3-5</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Titus was a Greek, not a Jew; to force him to be circumcised would violate the truth of the gospel</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>3) With what church did Titus serve as Paul's messenger? (<a id="si-2Cr 7:6-7" onClick="return mV('2Cr',7,6,7);">2Cr 7:6-7</a>, <a id="si-2Cr 7:13-14" onClick="return mV('2Cr',7,13,14);">2Cr 7:13-14</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- The church at Corinth</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>4) Why did Paul send Titus along with the second letter to Corinth? (<a id="si-2Cr 8:16-24" onClick="return mV('2Cr',8,'16-24');">2Cr 8:16-24</a>; <a id="si-2Cr 9:1-5" onClick="return mV('2Cr',9,'1-5');">2Cr 9:1-5</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- To make sure that the Corinthians' gift for the needy saints in Jerusalem would be ready</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>5) From where and when was this epistle to Titus possibly written?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- From Corinth, sometime between 63-66 A.D.</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>6) Where was Titus when this letter was written to him? (<a id="si-Tts 1:5" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,5);">Tts 1:5</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- On the island of Crete</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>7) In this epistle, what three things does Paul exhort Titus to do? (<a id="si-Tts 1:5-9" onClick="return mV('Tts',1,'5-9');">Tts 1:5-9</a>; <a id="si-Tts 2:1" onClick="return mV('Tts',2,1);">Tts 2:1</a>; <a id="si-Tts 3:1, 8, 14" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,1,8,14);">Tts 3:1, 8, 14</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- To see that qualified elders were appointed in every city</div>
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<div class="levA">- To preach things befitting "sound doctrine"</div>
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<div class="levA">- To exhort the brethren to be "zealous for good works"</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>8) What is the theme of this epistle, as suggested in the introductory material?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Maintain Good Works!</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>9) What is proposed as the key verse?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- <a id="si-Tit 3:8" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,8);">Tit 3:8</a></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>10) According to the outline above, what are the main points of this epistle?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Instructions concerning church organization</div>
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<div class="levA">- Instructions concerning Christian conduct</div>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:85%;margin-top:25px;">Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2003</p>
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<p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Copeland, Mark A.<br>Title: "The Epistle to Titus"<br>Work: <em>Executable Outlines</em><br>Date Added: 28 Aug 2003<br>Source: Executable Outlines</p>
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