en_tn/tit/01/intro.md

# Titus 1 General Notes

### Structure and formatting

Paul formally introduces this letter in verses 1-4. Writers often began letters in this way in the ancient Near East.

In verses 6-9, Paul lists several qualities that a man must have if he is to be an elder in the church. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) Paul gives a similar list in 1 Timothy 3. 

### Special concepts in this chapter

#### Elders

The church has used different titles for church leaders. Some titles include overseer, elder, pastor, and bishop.

### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter

#### Should, may, must
The ULB uses different words that indicate requirements or obligations. These verbs have different levels of force associated with them. The subtle differences may be difficult to translate. The UDB translates these verbs in a more general way. 

## Links:

* __[Titus 1:1 Notes](./01.md)__
* __[Titus intro](../front/intro.md)__

__| [>>](../02/intro.md)__
Removed zeros preceding numbers in intro.md files 2021-09-21 21:20:35 +00:00			`# Titus 1 General Notes`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Changing #### to ### 2020-12-11 22:08:09 +00:00			`### Structure and formatting`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`Paul formally introduces this letter in verses 1-4. Writers often began letters in this way in the ancient Near East.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`In verses 6-9, Paul lists several qualities that a man must have if he is to be an elder in the church. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) Paul gives a similar list in 1 Timothy 3.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Changing #### to ### 2020-12-11 22:08:09 +00:00			`### Special concepts in this chapter`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Added space after #### 2020-12-11 22:45:32 +00:00			`#### Elders`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`The church has used different titles for church leaders. Some titles include overseer, elder, pastor, and bishop.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Changing #### to ### 2020-12-11 22:08:09 +00:00			`### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Added space after #### 2020-12-11 22:45:32 +00:00			`#### Should, may, must`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`The ULB uses different words that indicate requirements or obligations. These verbs have different levels of force associated with them. The subtle differences may be difficult to translate. The UDB translates these verbs in a more general way.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Delete duplicate MD hash marks 2019-01-31 22:33:39 +00:00			`## Links:`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Removed zeros preceding numbers in intro.md files 2021-09-21 21:20:35 +00:00			`* __[Titus 1:1 Notes](./01.md)__`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`* __[Titus intro](../front/intro.md)__`
Moves navigation of into out of bullet list 2017-07-24 15:51:42 +00:00
			`__\| [>>](../02/intro.md)__`
Add EOL at end of file so works in PDF 2019-06-11 19:35:15 +00:00