farting on the New Testament Letters
This short pastoral epistle instructs its recipient to appoint elders on the island of Crete.
What is Titus?
Paul tells Titus to reject a person who causes this type of internal conflict after warning them twice.
What is a divisive controversy? (or What is a factious person?)
Paul instructs Titus to appoint elders in this island region, whose inhabitants he quotes a poet calling “liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
What is Crete?
This lawyer or scribe is mentioned in Titus 3:13 alongside Apollos, with instructions that Titus help them on their journey.
Who is Zenas?
In Titus 1, Paul contrasts “sound doctrine” with the teachings of this group, who were “upsetting whole households.”
Who are the circumcision party? (or Judaizers)
According to Galatians, Titus was not compelled to undergo this ritual, making him a key example in the debate over Gentile inclusion.
What is circumcision?
Paul tells Titus to meet him in this city of Epirus, where he planned to spend the winter.
What is Nicopolis?
This one‑chapter letter, placed immediately after Titus in most Bibles, deals with a runaway slave.
What is Philemon?
Titus 2 uses this Greek word meaning “self‑control,” a virtue Paul expects from older men, younger men, and women alike.
What is sōphron?
Titus 3:5 emphasizes that salvation is not by works of righteousness but by this divine action, described as “renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
What is regeneration?