A small Cretan harbor at dawn below dark mountains: a lone one-masted boat with a single square sail slips out between the rocks, watched by a man seen from behind on the stone quay.

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Titus Intro

A rugged island, a friend left behind, and the grace that teaches us how to live.

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Who wrote it

Paul

Apostle, back on the road

Paul names himself in the first line. Some scholars question whether he wrote it, but the church received it as his from the earliest times.Titus 1:1
Written to Titus, a Greek believer and one of Paul’s most trusted partners.2 Corinthians 8:23
Traditionally dated after Paul’s release from house arrest in Rome, about AD 62–64.Church tradition
For the young churches of Crete, where Paul had left Titus to set things in order.Titus 1:5

How it’s built

Truth that shows in lives

Whiteboard

Four short parts, and the instructions keep pausing for the reason behind them. Twice Paul stops to tell the whole gospel in one sentence: in 2:11–14 and 3:4–7.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it happens

Stylised map · locations approximate

On the map

From Crete to Nicopolis

Crete is a long, mountainous island south of Greece. Paul left Titus there with work to finish, and asked him to come later, by sea, to Nicopolis, on Greece’s west coast, for the winter.

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For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Titus 2:11–14

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Paul and Titus had worked together on an island, and when Paul moved on, Titus stayed behind.

Where did Paul leave Titus?

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