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At The Home Of Theophilus
Titus received one of Paul's final letters;
the other two were sent to Timothy
(the second, when Paul wore those final fetters).
Although I held the pen that wrote all three,
and penned the words, the words were not from me
(although some worldly wits think "forgery").
They are remembered parts of conversations
we had when he was bed-fast, most unwell;
or also in that last, dark, prison cell
the few times I was granted visitation,
and always under jailers' supervision.
And, understandably, neither condition
allowed for some more comfortable dictation
(as in the past he customarily
preferred). But for two churches' situations,
Paul directed new expediency:
and I transcribed it from fresh memory.
The world may not yet celebrate one dead
Apostle, but the record---what he said,
and what he wrote, is now wholly complete
(without ulterior motive or deceit),
now part of several churches' history.
Starward
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