1) What are the main points of this chapter?
- Introduction (1-4)
- Concerning elders (5-9)
-
Concerning false teachers (10-16)
2) Where was Titus when this letter was written to him? (1:5)
- On the island of Crete
3) In keeping with what two things was Paul a servant of God and an
apostle of Jesus Christ? (1)
- The faith of God's elect
- The acknowledgment of the truth which is according to godliness
4) What is said about eternal life and God's Word? (2-3)
- Eternal life was promised before time began
- His Word was manifested in due time through preaching
5) How does Paul describe Titus? (4)
- My true son in our common faith
6) What were the two reasons Titus had been left in Crete? (5)
- To set in order the things that are lacking
- To appoint elders in every city
7) What are the positive qualifications for elders? (6-9)
- Blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not
accused of dissipation or insubordination, blameless as a steward
of God, hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just,
holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has
been taught, able by sound doctrine to exhort and convict those
who contradict
8) What are the negative qualifications for elders? (6-9)
- Not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money
9) Who especially in Crete were insubordinate, idle talkers, and
deceivers? (10)
- Those of the circumcision
10) Why must their mouths be stopped? (11)
- They were subverting whole households, teaching things they ought
not, for dishonest gain
11) What had one of the Cretan prophets said? (12)
- "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
12) What was Titus to do with these false teachers? (13)
- Rebuke them sharply
13) What two reasons are given for extending such rebuke? (13-14)
- That they may be sound in the faith
- That they not give heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men
14) What is said of the pure? Of those who are defiled and
unbelieving? (15)
- All things are pure
- Nothing is pure; even their mind and conscience is defiled