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Titus 1
Paul left Titus in Crete to set things in order and appoint elders in every town, men above reproach who hold firmly to the trustworthy word, because many deceivers must be silenced.
Summary written for the Labs; read the chapter itself for the full text.
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- Paul's RoadsCrete (Later (debated)) · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsTitus · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsCrete · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsLater travels (debated) · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsTitus · Paul's RoadsOpen
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The letter: who wrote it, where and when
These questions are debated; the views are shown side by side with how sure each is, as in Paul's Roads.
- Plausible
Paul's authorship of Titus is debated.
Many scholars think this letter was written after Paul's death in his name; others hold that Paul wrote it. The lab shows the setting the letter itself gives and takes no side.
- Speculative
Titus written from Macedonia
Paul plans to winter at Nicopolis (3:12) and is not there yet; Macedonia, on the way, is one guess.
- Speculative
Titus written from Ephesus
Another guess places the writing at Ephesus, on the same debated journey.
- Speculative
The Pastoral Letters reliably record Paul's last journeys.
They name Paul as author and give personal details. Many scholars judge their vocabulary, church order and setting to be later than Paul and read the details as literary; others defend Paul's authorship, perhaps with a secretary.
How sure can we be?
- Speculative
Paul worked on Crete after the events of Acts.
Titus 1:5 assumes Paul had been on Crete with Titus. Acts mentions only the voyage along the coast, so a mission there must fall outside Acts — if the letter is Paul's own.
- Speculative
Paul and Titus worked on Crete.
Titus 1:5; when, and from where they came, is unknown.