Pastoral Epistle, 17th book of the New Testament.
Author: The apostle Paul (Titus 1:1).
Audience: Titus, a church leader on the island of Crete. Titus was a prominent figure in the early church. He traveled with Paul from Antioch to Jerusalem for the Jerusalem Council (see Acts 15 and Galatians 2). Titus worked with Paul in Ephesus during his third missionary journey and may have delivered a letter to the Corinthian church from Paul (2 Corinthians 2:12–13). He also delivered 2 Corinthians (2 Corinthians 8:23) and was responsible for making arrangements for a financial offering for Paul in Corinth (2 Corinthians 8:6, 16–17).
Date: Approximately AD 64, after Paul’s house arrest in Rome (Acts 28:30–31) and before his second Roman imprisonment, as discussed in 2 Timothy.