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Kress Biblical Resources :: Introduction [To the Doctrine of God as Savior] (Tit 1:1-4)

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Detailed Outline of Titus

The Gospel of Grace Calls Us to Adorn the Doctrine of God as Savior

  1. Introduction [To the Doctrine of God as Savior] (Tit 1:1-4)
    1. The writer
      1. The human author (Tit 1:1-3)1
        1. His name (Tit 1:1a)
        2. His calling (Tit 1:1b-3)
          1. A slave of God (Tit 1:1b)
          2. A sent one [Apostle] of Jesus Christ (Tit 1:1c)
          3. A saving message to proclaim (Tit 1:1d-3)
            1. For the faith of God’s elect/chosen (Tit 1:1d)
            2. For the knowledge of the truth, which is connected to godliness (Tit 1:1e)
            3. Based on the hope/expectation/anticipation of eternal life (Tit 1:2a)
            4. Promised by the God who cannot lie (Tit 1:2b)
            5. Promised before time began (Tit 1:2c)
            6. Proclaimed by Paul at the proper time in history, who was entrusted with it by God our Savior (Tit 1:3)
      2. The divine Author (2Ti 3:16-17; 2Pe 1:12-21; 2Pe 3:15-16; cf. Col 4:16; 1Th 2:13; 1Th 5:27; 2Th 3:1-4; 1Ti 5:18 in which Paul quotes Luke alongside Deu 25:4 and calls them “Scripture”)
    2. The recipients (Tit 1:4a; Tit 2:5, 12-13, 15; Tit 3:15c)
      1. The original recipients2
        1. Titus (Tit 1:4a)
          1. The filial relationship he had with Paul spiritually
          2. The faith that he held in common with Paul
        2. The church in Crete (Tit 2:5, 12-13, 15; Tit 3:15c)
          1. The culture they lived in (Tit 1:10-13)
          2. The kinds of people that made up the church (Tit 2:2-9; Tit 3:1-3)
      2. The current recipients (cf. 2Pe 3:15-16)
    3. The requisite greeting (Tit 1:4b)
      1. The greeting/prayer of grace and peace
      2. The Giver of grace and peace

1For a biblical biography of the Apostle Paul see Act 7:58; Act 8:1; Act 9:1-30; Act 11:25-30; Act 12:25-28:31; 1Co 15:30-32; 2Co 6:4-5; 2Co 11:23-30; Gal 1:13-2:16; Phl 3:4-14; 2Th 3:8.

2For a biblical biography of Titus see 2Co 2:13; 2Co 7:6, 13-14; 2Co 8:6, 16, 23; 2Co 12:18; Gal 2:1-3.

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