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This is the same writer, as shown by numerous words, phrases, and ideas, found in these two books but nowhere else in the Pauline corpus.
is found in 1 Tim. 2:6 and Tit. 1:3, but never in Paul. Christ as an
(1 Tim. 2:6) is matched by the verbal form
in Tit. 2:14; the root never occurs in Paul. The phrase
of 1 Tim. 6:1 is paralleled in Titus 2:9, but never in Paul. It should not be objected that this is because Paul does not have a Haustafel, since that is precisely the problem: Haustafeln are notably absent from the Pauline letters. In the same context, the warrant

of 1 Tim. 6:1 is found as
in Titus 2:5. Elsewhere the instruction concerning the bishop,
1 Tim. 3:2 is closely paralleled by the
(Tit. 1:7), particularly striking in view of the fact that the term
itself is so rare in the New Testament (only Phil. 1:1 in Paul).

The opponents of the author in both letters are teachers of the Law (1 Tim. 1:7; Tit. 1:10, 14; 3:9) who are interested in “genealogies” (1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9—the only two occurrences of the word in the New Testament), that involve
(1 Tim. 6:4; Tit. 3:9) and
(1 Tim. 6:4; Tit. 3:9; apart from 2 Tim. 2:23 the latter word never occurs in Paul).

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