possible, a point that Paul intimated when he wrote that Christ “gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds” (2:14). Like Romans, Colossians, and Ephesians, the letter to Titus shows that the moral life is possible because of the rebirth and renewal that has come about as a result of God’s work in Christ. Like the Spirit, baptism is the link between the indicative of salvation and the moral imperative.