The Epistle to Titus
Titus
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Πρὸς Τίτον (Pros Titon — "To Titus") — Pastoral epistle for church leadership
| Chapters | Chiasms | Intertextuality | Trajectories | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
Theme: Good works—sound doctrine producing godly living in every sphere.
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Major Chiastic Structures
Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis
| Chiasm | Span | Center/Turning Point |
|---|---|---|
| Titus 1:1 - 2:1 | 1:1-2:1 | eternal life (2-13) |
| Titus 2:1 - 8 | 2:1-8 | vv. 3-7 |
| Titus 3:8 - 14 | 3:8-14 | avoid foolish questions (9-10-11) |
Trajectory Tables
Typological studies tracing themes to Christ
| # | Trajectory | What It Traces |
|---|---|---|
| 003 | Abraham — Father of Faith | The covenant sworn to a wandering father, kept in the single offspring who blesses the nations. |
| 018 | Brazen Laver — Cleansing for Service | Priests washing before they could serve, fulfilled in the washing of regeneration that brings believers near. |
| 027 | Ceremonial Uncleanness — Spiritual Defilement | Washings that never reached the conscience, ended by the One who declares all foods clean and cleanses the heart. |
| 029 | Church as Israel — New Covenant People | The promises of offspring and blessing to Abraham, kept in Christ the true Israel and His multiethnic people. |
| 048 | Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary | The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary. |
| 058 | Feast of Trumpets — The Final Call | The trumpet that summoned Israel to assembly, deepening across the canon into the last trumpet that gathers the elect. |
| 065 | Glory-Cloud — Divine Presence | God's visible presence in pillar, tabernacle, and temple, drawing nearer until the glory shines in the face of Christ. |
| 098 | Living Water — Spirit and Life | Water flowing wherever God dwells, from Eden's river to the Spirit that Christ pours out on the thirsty. |
| 108 | New Exodus — Second Exodus Pattern | Egypt's deliverance retold by the prophets as a greater one still coming, accomplished in Christ's exodus at Jerusalem. |
| 117 | Pentecost — Outpouring of the Spirit | The fiftieth-day harvest feast, kept on the day the promised Spirit fell and the great ingathering began. |
| 125 | Purifications — Cleansing and Consecration | Endless washings that could cleanse only the flesh, fulfilled in the blood that purges the conscience. |
| 131 | Return from Exile — Restoration and Hope | Israel brought home from Babylon yet still confessing slavery, a homecoming completed when Christ ends the exile Himself. |
| 164 | Two Covenants — Law and Promise | Sinai's law against Abraham's promise, an old covenant declared obsolete by the better one in Christ's blood. |