Posts Tagged ‘preach’
Other personal letters (of Paul)
Titus 1.1-4
1Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
3but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
4To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
I. Compare with other intros
· Other personal letters (of Paul)
o I Timothy
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,
2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
ú Same
· apostle of Jesus Christ (Christ Jesus)
· according to the commandment of God our Savior
· hope
· To ***, my true child in *** faith
· Grace…and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Savior/Lord
ú Different
· and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope
· Lord
o II Timothy
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
ú Same
· Paul, …an apostle of Jesus Christ (Christ Jesus)
· hope/promise of…life
· Grace…and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Savior/Lord
ú Different
· by the will of God
· my beloved son
· Lord
o Philemon
1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
2and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
ú Same
· Grace…and peace from God the Father
ú Different
· prisoner of Christ Jesus
· and Timothy our brother
· to Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker
· to…(others) and to the church in your house
· the Lord Jesus Christ
o General observations
§ Attribution – LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
ú ‘bond-servant of God’ is unique
ú ‘apostle of Jesus Christ’ is common (‘prisoner’ in Philemon)
ú Titus is the only time Paul preaches in the middle of the
greeting
· addresses theme that matches II Tim: hope/promise of
(eternal) life
· addresses theme that matches I Tim: according to the
commandment of God our Savior
ú writing by himself (with Timothy in Philemon –1st person
always plural)
§ Address – FAMILY REFERENCES
ú ‘true child’ common with I Tim
· to Titus: ‘in a common faith’
· to Timothy: ‘in the faith’
ú II Timothy: ‘beloved son’
ú Philemon: ‘beloved brother and fellow worker’
§ Greeting – GRACE AND PEACE FROM GOD
ú Grace and peace is universal, to Timothy he adds mercy
ú speaks on behalf of Father and Son? or invokes these things
that can only come from Father and Son?
ú no mention of Spirit
