Titus 3 — Overview

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

Of duties which concern Christians more in common, and the reasons of them, ver. 1-8. What Titus in teaching should avoid, and how he should deal with a heretic, with some other directions (ver. 9-14), and salutations in the close, ver. 15.

Exhortations to Several Duties; Characteristics of an Unrenewed State; The Import and Origin of Salvation; Regeneration; Justification. (a. d. 66.)

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