Jensens survey of the old testament adam 544
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6. Compare this epistle with 1 Timothy.
7. List some key words of Titus, and quote
one key verse.
8. Complete the outline: ORDERLY
CHURCH;
SOUND
CHURCH;
__________________________
9. In what part of the letter does Paul
write about false teachers and false
teachings?
10. What is the meaning of the phrase,
“adorning the doctrine of God”?
XVI. FURTHER STUDY OF TITUS
1 . Word study. Make a comparative study
of all the verses of Titus where the word
work(s) appears.
2. Doctrine study. Atonement, redemption,
and sancti cation are three doctrines
referred to in Titus 2:14. How are the three
doctrines related to each other? (Use outside
sources, such as a book of doctrine.)
3. After you have studied the book of
James, compare James and Titus regarding
their emphasis of good works in the life of
the believer.
XVII. OUTLINE
TITUS: Adorning the Doctrine of God
Salutation and Introduction
CHURCH LEADERS DEALING WITH FALSE TEACHERS
1:1-4
1:5-16
MAKING CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE ATTRACTIVE BY EXAMPLE 2:1-15
THE GOOD WORKS OF A BELIEVER
Conclusion and Benediction
3:1-11
3:12-15
XVIII. BACKGROUND OF 2 TIMOTHY
The tenderest and most moving of Paul’s
letters was his last one, known by title as 2
Timothy. Paul was an aged man when he
wrote this epistle from a cold, dark dungeon
of a Roman prison. He knew he had but a
short time left to live, and so the letter is his
spiritual last will and testament — his
“dying wish” — to friend and co-worker
Timothy.
A. BACKGROUND
Some of the background of 1 Timothy
already studied is common to that of 2
Timothy and hence need not be repeated. It
will help you to review that background
now. Below is a look at the particular setting
of 2 Timothy.
1 . Date and place written. Paul wrote this
letter from prison at Rome around A.D. 67,
about ve years after his rst letter to
Timothy. Refer to the chronology of Paul’s
life (Appendix B, p. 518-19), and note the
setting of the two Roman imprisonments.
Part of the sequence is this:
A.D. 58-62 First imprisonment — “prison
epistles” written
A.D. 62-66 Release and travels — 1
Timothy written
A.D. 67 Second imprisonment — 2 Timothy
written
There was one event in Rome that
happened during Paul’s time of release and
led indirectly to his second imprisonment.
That was the burning of Rome, which
occurred on July 19, A.D. 64. When Emperor
Nero failed to squelch the well-founded
suspicion that he had ordered the res, he
blamed the Christians and ordered them to
be arrested and punished. For the remainder
of his reign Christianity was a religio illicita
(illegal religion) and waves of anti-Christian
persecution rolled across the lands of the
Empire. When Paul returned east in the
