Titus Observation

Titus Observation The genre of the book of Titus is an epistle. An epistle is a letter written by an apostle of Jesus Christ. A letter consists of a greeting, a body, and an intro (Baker). Furthermore, this letter is a pastoral epistle. Pastoral epistles “contain instructions concerning church government and teaching” (Votaw). Therefore, Titus is a pastoral epistle because it contains every one of these qualifications (Baker).
Titus was written by the Apostle Paul around A.D 62-67. At the time the book was written Paul had recently been released from house arrest that was placed on him by the Romans (Acts 28). Paul then traveled to Ephesus to check up on the church there, and he left Timothy behind to help the Ephesians learn and grow in their faith. Afterwards Paul went to Macedonia, and then he came to Crete. At Crete Paul left Titus to stay and help guide that church. Then Paul left Crete and continued to travel where he wrote the letter to Titus (Austin). At the time, Crete was under the rule of the Romans. In the past, the people of Crete worshiped Zeus and other Egyptian and Roman idols. Crete was under the control of the Romans (Kyriakopoulos).
The island of Crete is the fourth largest island in the
The first thing that Paul told Titus was that he should rebuke them so they would know what was wrong and stay away from it. Then Titus needed to take it one step further by teaching the people “sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1). To clarify, in Titus 2:1-11, clear instructions were laid out for the elderly men and women and the young men and women. He basically instructed the elders to strive to live a godly life that is worth imitating. Even though these instructions can be difficult to follow, they lay the foundation for the elders instructing the young people in the church. These elders should make sure that “In everything set them an example by doing what is good” (Titus