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"exhort/encourage" (in 2:6) "rebuke/reproof" (in 1:13) recalling 'the job description of the overseer' (1:9), which Titus must do himself. [15] "Let no one despise you": is an indirect command in the third person to strengthen Titus, which is similar in form and content to 1 Timothy 4:12 for Timothy. [16] Philip Towner offers a paraphrase:
Titus 2:11—"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people." Hebrews 2:9—"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone." [3]
[11] Titus has a very close affinity with 1 Timothy, sharing similar phrases and expressions and similar subject matter. [12] [13] This has led many scholars to believe that it was written by the same author who wrote 1 and 2 Timothy: their author is sometimes referred to as "the Pastor". [14] The gnostic writer Basilides rejected the epistle. [15]
Totus tuus is a Latin greeting which was routinely used [when?] to sign off letters written in Latin, meaning "all yours", often abbreviated as "t.t." (a variation was ex asse tuus). In recent history Totus tuus was used by Pope John Paul II as his personal motto to express his personal Consecration to Mary based on the spiritual approach of ...
Enthroned Zeus (Greek, c. 100 BCE) "Abomination of desolation" [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.
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[2] Titus brought a fundraising letter from Paul to Corinth, to collect for the poor in Jerusalem. According to Jerome, Titus was the amanuensis of this epistle (2 Corinthians). [3] Later, on Crete, Titus appointed presbyters (elders) in every city and remained there into his old age, dying in Gortyna. [2]
Titus (/ ˈ t aɪ t ə s / TY-təs, Latin pronunciation:), feminine Tita or Titia, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, and was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. For most of Roman history, Titus was the sixth most common praenomen, following Lucius , Gaius , Marcus , Publius , and Quintus .