A Text centred rhetorical analysis of Paul's Letter to Titus

SECTION 2
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
2.1 RHETORICAL SITUATION 55
2.1.1 INTRODUCTION 55
2.1.2 DEFINITION 55
2.1.3 PAUL 56
2.1.4 PAUL AND TITUS 57
2.1.5 PAUL AND THE CRETAN BELIEVERS 59
2.1.6 PAUL AND THE OPPOSITION 61
2.1.7 PAUL AND OTHER CHARACTERS 62
2.1.8 CONCLUSION 62
2.2 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 63
2.2.1 TITUS 1:1-4: ADAPTING THE SALUTATION TO EMPHASISE THE DIVINE BASIS OF
LEGITIMATE MINISTRY 63
2.2.1.1 EMPHASISING THE LEGITIMACY OF HIS MINISTRY 64
2.2.1.2 EMPHASISING LEGITIMATE TEACHING 65
2.2.1.3 EMPHASISING THE LEGITIMACY OF THE MINISTRY OF TITUS 69
2.2.1.4 CONCLUSION 70
2.2.2 TITUS 1:5-9: OUTLINING THE CRITERIA FOR LEGITIMATE LOCAL LEADERSHIP 71
2.2.3 TITUS 1:10-16: DISCREDITING THE ILLEGITIMATE TEACHERS 77
2.2.4 TITUS 2:1: DISTINGUISHING TITUS AS A MINISTER OF SOUND DOCTRINE ON THE
BASIS OF APOSTOLIC AUTHORISATION 89
2.2.5 TITUS 2:2-10: PERSUADING THE CRETANS THAT PERSONAL CONDUCT COMPLIANT
WITH SOUND DOCTRINE IS COMPULSORY AND SHOULD CHARACTERISE ALL BELIEVERS 91
2.2.5.1 THE BEHAVIOUR OF OLDER MEN 92
2.2.5.2 THE BEHAVIOUR OF OLDER WOMEN 94
2.2.5.3 THE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNGER WOMEN 95
2.2.5.4 THE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG MEN 98
2.2.5.5 THE BEHAVIOUR OF TITUS 98
2.2.5.6 THE BEHAVIOUR OF SLAVES 100
2.2.6 TITUS 2: 11-15: EMPHASISING THE DIVINE BASIS OF OBEDIENCE TO SOUND
DOCTRINE 104
2.2.6.1 THE UNIVERSAL APPEARANCE OF GRACE IN THE PAST 106
2.2.6.2 THE PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION OF GRACE IN THE PRESENT 106
2.2.7 TITUS 3:1-2: PERSUADING THE CRETANS OF THE COMPULSORY TREATMENT OF ALL
UNBELIEVERS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SOUND DOCTRINE 117
2.2.8 TITUS 3:3: EVOKING DISGUST WITH PAST SINFUL BEHAVIOUR IN ORDER TO
REINFORCE BEHAVIOUR IN THE PRESENT THAT COMPLY WITH SOUND DOCTRINE 124
2.2.9 TITUS 3:4-7: PERSUADING THE CRETANS THAT DISPLAYING GOOD WORKS TO THOSE
CONSIDERED UNDESERVING DEMONSTRATES CONFORMITY TO THE DIVINE EXAMPLE 129
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