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Paul and Titus
How Paul and Titus are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Paul mentored Titus.
Paul called Titus "mine own son after the common faith". He took Titus to Jerusalem, was comforted by his coming, asked him to go back to the Corinthians and finish what he had begun, and left him in Crete.
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith
Titus 1:4, King James Version
I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also
Galatians 2:1, King James Version
comforted us by the coming of Titus
2 Corinthians 7:6, King James Version
we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also
2 Corinthians 8:6, King James Version
For this cause left I thee in Crete
Titus 1:5, King James Version
Where they cross: Titus 1:1-4
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
2 Corinthians 7:6
6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 8:6
6Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
Galatians 2:1
1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Titus 1:1-4
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Titus 1:5
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
King James Version