Titus - Chapter 1

The apostle Paul is writing a letter to his partner and co-worker in the ministry of the Gospel, Titus, who was a Greek Christian. At the time of this letter, Paul was in the area of Greece, after his two year imprisonment in Rome, and Titus is on the Island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea south of Greece. Paul left Titus there (1:5) so he could get the church in order and to appoint Elders/Bishops/Overseers in the church. One of the issues in the churches at Crete, were Jewish men were coming and telling believers they still needed to be circumcised, but Paul stressed that  Timothy needed to encourage and teach sound doctrine, so they could be sound in their faith, which would produce godly actions which would bring glory to God, instead of their actions denying God which is what was happening (v. 16).