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Textual variants in the Epistle to Titus are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced.
According to certain studies, the public life of women in the time of Jesus was far more restricted than in Old Testament times. [1]: p.52 At the time the apostles were writing their letters concerning the Household Codes (Haustafeln), Roman law vested enormous power (Patria Potestas, lit. "the rule of the fathers") in the husband over his "family" (pater familias) which included his wife ...
"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:
Calvin, John (1556 [1-2 Tim]; 1549 [Titus]). Commentary on 1-2 Timothy and Titus. PastoralEpistles.com, an academic blog devoted to current research in the letters: Bumgardner, Charles (2016). "Paul's Letters to Timothy and Titus: A Literature Review (2009–2015)" Klinker-De Klerck, Myriam (2008). "The Pastoral Epistles: Authentic Pauline ...
The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries are designed for the frequently-targeted well-read layperson, but many pastors profit as well. The series is conservative but focuses most attention on explaining the meaning of the text with minimal interaction with the voluminous secondary literature.
The Epistle to Titus [a] is one of the three pastoral epistles (along with 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) in the New Testament, historically attributed to Paul the Apostle. [3] It is addressed to Saint Titus [ 3 ] and describes the requirements and duties of presbyters / bishops .
During this journey, Titus served as the courier for what is commonly known as the "Severe Letter", a Pauline missive that has been lost [9] but is referred to in 2 Corinthians 7:8–9. After success on this mission, Titus journeyed north and met Paul in Macedonia. There the apostle, overjoyed by Titus' success, [10] wrote 2 Corinthians. Titus ...
The Pillar New Testament Commentary (or PNTC) is a series of commentaries in English on the New Testament. It is published by the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. [1] Expanding during the last twenty years and already being revised, this series seems designed for students and pastors. [2]