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There is a lot of similarity between this letter that Paul wrote to Titus and the letters he wrote to Timothy. Together these letters are often called the pastoral letters because both Timothy and Titus were overseeing groups of churches. Timothy was overseeing churches in the city of Ephesus and Titus was overseeing churches on the island of Crete which is just south of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.
We don’t have much specific information about when Paul himself was in Crete, but from what we read in the book of Acts as well as other accounts of Paul’s life we can make some fairly good conclusions.
First, we know Paul spent considerable time in the city of Corinth, a major city in southern Greece. Titus was with Paul and the influence of that ministry would easily have touched Crete as well.
Secondly, after Paul was arrested in Jerusalem and sat in prison for two years without facing charges, he finally appealed to Caesar. He was then handed to a Roman centurion named Julius and placed onboard a ship headed for Rome. Along the way they stopped and spent time in Crete. As winter was approaching and the harbor not ideal for spending the winter, the captain decided to risk sailing for the port of Phoenix on the north side of the island, although Paul advised against it.
As they were making their way, trying to stay close to shore, a violent nor’easter wind came out of Europe, blasting against their ship and forcing them into the open seas of the Mediterranean. They fought through that hurricane force storm for two weeks; almost losing their lives. Finally, they shipwrecked on the island of Malta.
Most historians believe that Paul was released at his first trial since there were no charges against him. After this, many surmise that he led a great revival in Rome and then traveled to Greece, spending time on the island of Crete, making his way toward Ephesus where he was finally arrested again by the Emperor Nero who then had him executed.
This letter to Titus is Paul’s instruction to “set things in order” in Crete, to establish leaders, to strengthen the churches and to strengthen his own spiritual life.
At one point in this short letter he tells Titus that he must instruct the people in the churches to be ready for every good deed and to be gracious and kind to those in the world, showing every consideration because we were once ourselves spending our lives in malice and worldliness.
In other words, we were once spending our lives very badly, but God in his kindness has redeemed us. Therefore, we should spend our lives differently. He is transforming us; it should translate into how we spend our lives.

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