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Titus 3

Titus 3 is the third and final chapter of the Epistle to Titus in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The letter is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, sent from Nicopolis of Macedonia (Roman province), addressed to Titus in Crete.[1][2] Some scholars argue that it is the work of an anonymous follower, written after Paul's death in the first century AD.[3][4] This chapter contains the author's instruction for the church as a community with responsibilities in the public realm, towards the government and also towards individuals, concluded with some personal requests for Titus before the final benediction.[5]

Titus 3

Epistle to Titus

Pauline epistles

New Testament

17

(AD 330–360)

Codex Sinaiticus

(400–440)

Codex Alexandrinus

(c. 450; complete)

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

(c. 450; extant verses 8–9)

Codex Freerianus

(c. 550)

Codex Claromontanus

(c. 550; extant verses 13–15, with unique endnotes)

Codex Coislinianus

"This is a faithful saying" (Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, ho logos): this phrase is a formula assuming 'general acceptance' and is stated 5 times in the Pastoral Epistles (1 Timothy 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8).[12]

pistos

"Foolish disputes": or "foolish controversies" for frivolous and incompetent theological inquiries which produce no worthwhile results (cf. 1 Timothy 1:4)

[15]

"Genealogies": likely refers to 'a Jewish type of interpretation' based on the or extracanonical biblical heroes accounts and 'speculation based on family trees' (cf. 1 Timothy 1:4)[16]

Old Testament

"Contentions, and strivings": or "arguments, dissensions, quarrels" (cf. 1 Timothy 6:4) depicting the "chaos produced by controversies and speculative debates".[18]

[17]

"": from the province of Asia, traveled with Paul on his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 1 Timothy 4:12), but nothing is known about Artemas.[21]

Tychicus

"Come to me at Nicopolis": Artemas and Tychicus are sent to 'fill in for Titus', showing the author's concern for the succession in ministry. As soon as relief has arrived, Titus was to go to Nicopolis, where the author planned to stay throughout the winter.[21]

[19]

"" ("city of victory"; known as 'Nicopolos in Epirus'):[22] or 'Nicopolis of Achaia'[23] There are several imperial settlements with this name to commemorate a military victory, but this particular city was built on the isthmus of the Bay of Actium, across from the southern tip of the Italian peninsula,[24] to commemorate the naval victory of Augustus over Mark Antony in 31 BCE.[25] The port city was "a natural site of maritime transportation between Achaia and Italy, a commercial center and the site of quadrennial athletic games", as well as "a natural place for a person to pass the winter here before a sea voyage in the early spring" when travel conditions became better (cf. 1 Corinthians 16:6; Acts 27:9-12).[26]

Nicopolis

Apollos

Artemas

Jesus Christ

Torah

Related parts: Romans 12, Romans 13, Titus 2, 1 Peter 2

Bible

Collins, Raymond F. (2002). . New Testament Library (reprint ed.). Presbyterian Publishing Corp. ISBN 9780664238902.

1 & 2 Timothy and Titus: A Commentary

Drury, Clare (2007). "73. The Pastoral Epistles". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 1220–1233. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

The Oxford Bible Commentary

(2006). Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (ed.). The Letters to Timothy and Titus. The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802825131.

Towner, Philip H.

King James Bible - Wikisource

Titus 3

English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

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