Titus
Summary[i]
Writer: The Apostle Paul (Tit_1:1).
Date: Practically the same with First
Timothy
Theme: Titus has much in common with
First Timothy. Both Epistles are concerned with the due order of the churches. The
distinction is that in First Timothy sound doctrine is more prominent 1Ti_1:3-10 in Titus the divine order for the
local churches Tit_1:5. The permanent
use of these Epistles lies in this twofold application, on the one hand to
churches grown careless as to the truth of God, on the other, to churches
careless as to the order of God's house. The importance of this order is made
solemnly emphatic in that the tests by which true elders and deacons may be
known are repeated ; 1Ti_3:1-7; Tit_1:6-9.
There are two divisions:
1. The qualifications and functions of elders
(Titus 1:1-16).
2. The pastoral work of the true elder (Titus 2:1 - 3:15).