Lesson 1 - Titus' Task on Crete - Titus 1:1-16 - Part 1 of 2

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STUDYING THE BOOK OF TITUS
IN SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

Lesson 1 - Titus' Task on Crete - Titus 1:1-16

Read the following verses in the New International Version or a translation of your choice.

 Then discuss the questions that follow in Part 2.

Questions in Part 2 -  should be studied by each individual before your discussion group meets.


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TIT 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect
and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--

[2] a faith and knowledge
resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the
beginning of time,

[3] and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through
the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,


TIT 1:4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

TIT 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left
unfinished and appoint* elders in every town, as I directed you.

 [6] An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

 [7] Since an overseer* is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

[8] Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

 [9] He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can
encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

TIT 1:10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially
those of the circumcision group.

 [11] They must be silenced, because they are ruining
whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of
dishonest gain.

[12] Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars,
evil brutes, lazy gluttons."

[13] This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply,
so that they will be sound in the faith

[14] and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to
the commands of those who reject the truth.

 [15] To the pure, all things are pure, but to
those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds
and consciences are corrupted.

 [16] They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.