1. Explain what Paul meant when he told Titus to “speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine.”
2. The Proverbs writer said, “Happy is the man who is always reverent.” What is “reverence”?
3. In 2 Corinthians 3:2, Paul told the
Christians, “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all
men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with
ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets
of flesh, that is, of the heart.” Explain the meaning of his statement, and its
implications for our lives today.
4. In Ecclesiastes 12:13, we are told to “fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.” Explain that statement.
5. What did Paul mean when he said that younger women are to be “keepers at home”?
6. Explain, in light of 1 Timothy 2, why women cannot lead prayers when in the company of men, why women cannot preach in the company of men, etc.
7. Paul told Titus that the younger women in the church are to be “chaste” (Tit. 2:5). What does “chaste” mean?
8. Paul said that younger men were to “show yourself a pattern of good works” (Tit. 2:7). What did the apostle mean by “pattern of good works”?
9. There are at least two ways in which younger men could show themselves “a pattern of good works.” What are those two ways?
10. What did Peter mean when he wrote, “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God” (1 Pet. 4:11)?
11. In New Testament times, what was a bondservant?
12. What did Paul mean when he wrote that bondservants were not to provide “eyeservice” only?
13. Paul told bondservants to “adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.” What did he mean by that statement?
14. Paul said that “the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men” (Tit. 2:11). What does that not mean? What does it mean?
15. God’s grace is a license to be free from one something. What is that “something”?
16. Why, in view of God’s grace, should we live holy lives?
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