Titus & Philemon

Yes, I know they don't go together like a first and second letter, but they are extremely short, and I'm on tight time lines.

Paul's letter to Philemon is simply a request of Paul that he take Onesimus back with a clean slate.

Paul's letter to Titus is a few basic instructions as he was setting up the church leadership in Crete. Nothing new that he hasn't said before, except that he says of the older women "They must teach what is proper" (2:3). In other areas Paul says women should 'be silent' in the church. Titus suggests that those other situations are isolated incidents, because Paul has elsewhere referred to women in leadership.

All throughout his letters, Paul starts and ends with a simple statement, praying that God will be kind to the recipient. He also notes a couple times in Titus, as well as numerous times elsewhere, that it is God's kindness that allows us to be saved. Even in his salutations, he is reminded people that nothing they have done caused them to be saved - it's only God.