Tag: Titus 2

Household: Household Code in Titus

Sep 17, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Gender and Sex, History, Series: Household of God, Sociology, Theology

Another household code passage is Titus Chapter 2. Titus 1:1-4 says Paul writes the letter to Titus, who is working in Crete. (I am aware that many scholars believe this letter was from the late first century and pseudographical, but for simplicity, I will simply refer to the author as Paul.) The people of Crete…
Titus 2, Gender, and Teaching

May 3, 2007

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by

mwkruse

in Gender and Sex

Paul instructs Titus on teaching those under his care in Titus Chapter 2. This passage is frequently characterized as instruction for women not to teach men. However, when we look closely, we see that there is instruction about how to teach four gender groupings of people. Older Men 1 But as for you, teach what…