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  COMMENTARY ON TITUS
  by Chuck Smith
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Not much is known about Titus. Paul makes slight references to him in
the Corinthian epistles. Outside of that we know very little about
Titus, except what we can pick up in the book. Evidently he was a
convert of Paul, as was Timothy, because he calls him his "beloved son"
as he did Timothy. He wrote his epistle to Titus at about the same time
that he wrote the first epistle to Timothy. There is a similarity
between the two epistles, in that in both of them Paul is establishing
the order within the churches the appointment of the elders and the
various other offices within the church and the functions of the various
groups within the church.

And so with that brief background lets turn directly to the book as Paul
introduces himself here as

Paul, a servant of God (Tts 1:1),

The Greek word is "douleuo", which is "slave". It is a title of humility
but in the same token it is a title of pride. What greater thing could a
person be than the servant of the Eternal living God, the Creator of the
universe? And so he sees himself. Moses was called a servant or a slave
of God, as was so many in the Old Testament. And so Paul begins his book
to Titus by the declaration of himself as a slave of God.

and an apostle of Jesus Christ, [or an envoy of Jesus Christ] according
to the faith of God\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/chuck-smith/commentary-on-titus/
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