Reading for December 1st

Read Titus 3.1-11. In 3.1-11: Public behavior. An explanation of expected behavior toward the authorities and other outsiders, its motivation, and more extended reminder of Titus' authority. In verse 1: Be subject to, see 2.5, 9, where the word (or a related term) is translated "be submissive." See 1 Tim 2.11; 3.4. Authorities, see Rom 13.1-7; 1 Pet 2.13-17. In verse 8: The saying is sure, 1 Tim 1.15; 3.1; 4.9; 2 Tim 2.11. In verse 10: Divisions, Greek "hairetikon," the word from which we get "heretic," is perhaps only a reference to 1.11, not to an unorthodox group as in later church history. Comments or Questions..