Introduction, 1:1-4
A. Protecting the Church of God, 1:5-16 #
- The qualifications of elders, 1:5-9
- The need for elders, 1:10-16
B. Adorning the Doctrine of God, 2:1-10 #
- Exhortations to older men, 2:1-2
- Exhortations to older women, 2:3-4a
- Exhortations to younger women, 2:4b-5
- Exhortations to younger men, 2:6-8
- Exhortations to servants, 2:9-10
C. Understanding the Grace of God, 2:11-3:15 #
- The grace of God is manifest, 2:11
- The grace of God saves, 2:11
- The grace of God teaches, 2:12-15
- Grace corrects
- Grace instructs
- Grace motivates
- The grace of God transforms, 3:1-11
- What we should be, vv. 1-2
- What we were, v. 3
- What happened, vv. 4-7
- What we should do, v. 8
- What we should avoid, vv. 9-11
Conclusion, 3:12-15
D. Wilson. Updated 18/3/2020
