Titus, like Timothy was a young man following in Paul's foot steps. By the time Titus was written by Paul, Titus had been educated in the scriptures and knew all the problems the church faced. Paul's letter to him was for personal encouragement and counsel in facing the ungodliness of the area where he would be ministering, which was the island of Crete.
One commentator said that Paul's letter to Titus was most likely in response to a letter from Titus or a report from Crete.
Epistle to Titus
Epistles to the Thessalonians written from Corinth. Epistles to the Corinthians. Epistle to the Galations. Epistle to the Romans written from Corinth. Epistle to the Philippians. Epitle to the Colossians. Epistle to Philemon. Epistle to the Hebrews. Epistle to Titus.
A:the Epistle to Titus was written in the name of the apostle Paul, but it is clearly a pseudo-Pauline epistle written during the second century and addresses concerns that had arisen then. Being pseudepigraphical, we do not know who really wrote the book.
A:Almost all scholars are in agreement that the Epistle to Titus is a pseudepigraphical letter written during the second century and merely using Paul's name to gain acceptance of the epistle's message. Paul had already been dead for at least 50 or 60 years when Titus was written.
Tradition says that Paul wrote the Epistle to Titus from Corinth in the year 64 A.D.However, nearly all New Testament scholars say that Paul was not really the author of Titus. They say that although attributed to the apostle Paul, Titus was actually written early in the second century, long after Paul's death. As with any pseudepigraphical work we can not assume that the epistle was written to Titus, and it was really an encyclical to the Church as a whole. The author realised that by using Paul's name, the epistle would gain far greater respect than if he had acknowledged his own role as the author. Since the epistle was actually a forgery, we can not really say exactly when or where it was written.
There is only one epistle to an individual that most New Testament scholars believe to be a genuine epistle written by Paul: his Epistle to Philemon.Nearly all New Testament scholars consider another three epistles attributed to Paul to be pseudepigraphical - written in Paul's name long after his death. These are 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus.
Titus is a personal letter to a young Gentile man of the same name (whom Paul had led to Christianity) for the purpose of assisting him in the establishment of the new church at Crete. Titus had previously assisted Paul in Corinth. Titus 1:4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
The thirteen epistles that are almost certainly written by Paul, in order, are: Epistle to the Romans First Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Corinthians Epistle to the Galatians Epistle to the Ephesians Epistle to the Philippians Epistle to the Colossians First Epistle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians First Epistle to Timothy Second Epistle to Timothy Epistle to Titus Epistle to Philemon although some theologians doubt that some letters (eg Ephesians) are written by him as the style of writing is different from the others. The fourteenth letter, the Epistle to the Hebrews - is unlikely to have been written by Paul. He doesn't claim to have written it nor is the style of writing his. Pauline authorship is rejected by modern scholarship and even in the early church its authorship was debated.
Firstly Philemon one of the many books written by Paul is inthe New Testament and notthe old testament. It also comes between Titus and the Hebrew books.
The Epistles are found in the New Testament only; the word epistle means letter. For example, the letter from Paul to the Romans, to the the people in Corinth or to Timothy and Titus.
'Letter' and 'epistle' have the same meaning.
She wrote an epistle to her boyfriend.