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Titus — Capítulo 2

The church in Crete was full of new converts in a culture where conduct was very crude. Paul, the aged missionary, demonstrates a mature finesse in applying the Good News to the spiritual condition and circumstances of these believers in Crete as the church was beginning to grow. Setting A group from Crete had been in Jerusalem during Pentecost at the birth of the Christian church (Acts 2:11). …

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Pero tú habla lo que está de acuerdo con la sana doctrina.

2Que los ancianos sean sobrios, serios, prudentes, sanos en la fe, en el amor, en la paciencia.

3Las ancianas asimismo sean reverentes en su porte; no calumniadoras, no esclavas del vino, maestras del bien;

4que enseñen a las mujeres jóvenes a amar a sus maridos y a sus hijos,

5a ser prudentes, castas, cuidadosas de su casa, buenas, sujetas a sus maridos, para que la palabra de Dios no sea blasfemada.

6Exhorta asimismo a los jóvenes a que sean prudentes;

7presentándote tú en todo como ejemplo de buenas obras; en la enseñanza mostrando integridad, seriedad,

8palabra sana e irreprochable, de modo que el adversario se avergüence, y no tenga nada malo que decir de vosotros.

9Exhorta a los siervos a que se sujeten a sus amos, que agraden en todo, que no sean respondones;

10no defraudando, sino mostrándose fieles en todo, para que en todo adornen la doctrina de Dios nuestro Salvador.

11Porque la gracia de Dios se ha manifestado para salvación a todos los hombres,

12enseñándonos que, renunciando a la impiedad y a los deseos mundanos, vivamos en este siglo sobria, justa y piadosamente,

13aguardando la esperanza bienaventurada y la manifestación gloriosa de nuestro gran Dios y Salvador Jesucristo,

14quien se dio a sí mismo por nosotros para redimirnos de toda iniquidad y purificar para sí un pueblo propio, celoso de buenas obras.

15Esto habla, y exhorta y reprende con toda autoridad. Nadie te menosprecie.

TYNDALE OPEN STUDY NOTES

Versículo 1

I. 2:1-15 Wholesome teaching was especially urgent on account of the false teachers, who had wreaked…

2:1-15 Wholesome teaching was especially urgent on account of the false teachers, who had wreaked havoc on “whole families” (1:11). In 2:1-10, Paul addresses different groups within the household of faith, showing his concern for the public testimony of the church (2:5, 8, 10; see also 1 Tim 5:1–6:2). Paul then elaborates on the coming of Christ (Titus 2:11-14) before giving a direct charge to Titus (2:15).

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II. 2:9-10 The purpose of these commands is to make the teaching about God . . . attractive (see 1 Ti…

2:9-10 The purpose of these commands is to make the teaching about God . . . attractive (see 1 Tim 6:1-2).

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III. 2:11-15 For: The commands of 2:1-10 are here grounded in the past and future coming of Christ. Go…

2:11-15 For: The commands of 2:1-10 are here grounded in the past and future coming of Christ. God’s grace is a model for the church’s own conduct, even as salvation by grace makes a good life possible and creates people devoted to good works (see also 3:3-7). 2:11 has been revealed (literally has appeared): See study note on 1 Tim 6:14. • salvation to all people: Paul intends that God’s grace will fully accomplish its ends among the Cretans and that, in doing so, it will enlist them into God’s saving work of evangelism (Titus 2:12; see 1 Tim 2:1-7; 4:10).

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IV. 2:12 we are instructed: The emphasis of this instruction falls on the positive virtues: wisdom, r…

2:12 we are instructed: The emphasis of this instruction falls on the positive virtues: wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God. In Greco-Roman writings, these three virtues represent virtuous conduct in general. These virtues counter the Cretan vices listed in 1:12 and are transformed into thoroughly Christian qualities (see 2:13). • Paul exhorts the Cretans to bring these virtues to life, in order to make plain to their compatriots that a virtuous life derives only from God’s grace in Jesus Christ.

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V. 2:13 we look forward: This implies hope as well as future accountability, both of which stimulate…

2:13 we look forward: This implies hope as well as future accountability, both of which stimulate godly conduct in the present. • will be revealed: This phrase translates a prominent Greek word in the letters to Timothy and Titus (“epiphany” or “appearing”; also 2:11; see study note on 1 Tim 6:14). • great God and Savior: This is one of the few places in the New Testament where Jesus Christ is called “God” outright (see also John 1:1; 20:28; Rom 9:5; Heb 1:8; 2 Pet 1:1; possibly John 1:18). Yet this claim is entirely consistent with the roles and attributes of Christ and the worship that he receives. Possibly this designation is used here to insist that Christ is not a mere human promoted to membership in the pantheon of gods (see study note on Titus 1:12). At the time of this letter, Christians were insisting more and more that Christ alone, rather than rulers and emperors, should be called divine.

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VI. 2:14 Salvation produces a people who have the desire and capacity for the good deeds outlined in …

2:14 Salvation produces a people who have the desire and capacity for the good deeds outlined in 2:2-10. • He gave his life: See also 1 Tim 2:6. • to free us: See Gal 3:22; 4:4-5; cp. Exod 6:6-8. • The phrase his very own people recalls the formation of Israel as a nation (see Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2). Those who follow Christ are now God’s people—his nation—and the Spirit leads them to keep God’s covenant. • totally committed to doing good deeds: See Titus 1:16; Eph 2:10.

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Titus — Capítulo 2