Titus
Titus 3:1–15
Behavior in society involves submission to authority, and utmost consideration for all people, avoiding all ungody and fractious behavior (and persons), as believers engage in good works, demonstrating the same kindness and love for mankind that God had for them.
In this text, “good works” (3:1, 8, 14; and when examined across the New Testament they include “works” of thought, work, and deed) deals with behavior in society. So Christians are to live a godly life
Titus 2:1–15
God’s people of irrespective of age, gender, and social standing, demonstrate exemplary godliness within community in word and in deed—grounded in the work of God in Christ redeeming people for his own—for the enhancement of the reputation of God and the furtherance of his economy.
“But you” (2:1)—an emphatic construction—signals a contrast between what the false teachers have been doing (1:10–16) and what Titus is to do (2:1–10, 15). After labeling the
Titus 1:1–16
Godly, blameless stewards of the church, who hold firmly the word God in their lives and their teaching, exhort and reprove rebellious false teachers in the church who, engaging in deceptive teaching and upset households, are detestable in God’s eyes.
Titus 1:1–4, is a single sentence: sixty-five words in the Greek text. “Faith” and “truth [for godliness]” seem to be the focus of this salutation, appropriate for a letter to Cretan Christians who are going to
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching. 