Genade, Aldred Auguse2013-02-012013-02-012010Genade, A.A. 2010. Titus 3:3 as selfvilifikasie: ’n retoriese opsie. Verbum et ecclesia, 31(1):Art. #346 5p. [http://www.ve.org.za/index.php/VE]1609-99822074-7705 (Online)http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8049Titus 3:3 as self-vilification: A rhetorical option The rhetorical function of the vice list in Titus 3:3 remains to be accounted for. This article proposes that self-vilification, a novel rhetorical technique, be considered to investigate and propose a rhetorical function for Titus 3:3. The result is the identification and formulation of the overarching rhetorical objective of the verse in its totality. Titus 3:3 expresses a valuable corrective to Christian attitudes that could compromise the evangelistic or missiological mandate of the Church today.enArticle