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Titus

Meaning: honorable

Titus was a Gentile Christian born in the 1st century AD, converted and mentored by the Apostle Paul. He was a trusted coworker, aiding Paul in Corinth (in peacemaking, appointing elders, combatting false teachers, collections for the poor, and delivering important letters) and in Crete. Titus exemplified faithful leadership and reliability in the expansion of the early church.

Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles.

He appears to have been chiefly involved in ministering to Gentiles; for Paul sternly refused to have him circumcised, inasmuch as in his case the cause of gospel liberty was at stake.

Titus is the recipient of the Epistle to Titus (a Pastoral Epistle), emphasizing sound doctrine producing godly living and good works.

We find him, at a later period, with Paul and Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by Paul to Corinth for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there in behalf of the poor saints at Jerusalem sent forward (2 Corinthians 8:6; 12:18).

He rejoined the apostle when he was in Macedonia, and cheered him with the good tidings he brought from Corinth (2 Cor. 7:6-15).

After this his name is not mentioned till after Paul’s first imprisonment, when we find him engaged in the organization of the church in Crete, where the apostle had left him for this purpose (Titus 1:5).

The last notice of him is in 2 Timothy 4:10, where we find him with Paul at Rome during his second imprisonment. From Rome he was sent into Dalmatia, no doubt on some important missionary errand.

We have no record of his death in Scripture, but it is believe that he died between 96 and 107 AD. He is not mentioned in the Acts.

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• What is a Gentile? What does the Bible say about Gentiles?
• Who is Paul? and what is his significance?
• Who is Barnabas?
• What is circumcision? What is it’s significance?
• What is Paul’s Epistle to Titus?
• CRETE—What does the Bible say about it?
• What is Macedonia?
• What is Corinth? and what is its significance?
• Answers about Ancient Rome in the Bible
• What is Nicopolis?
• What is Dalmatia?
• What are good works and what is their reward?
• What is The Church according to the Bible?
• Answers about men of the Bible