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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
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The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town:
Titus 1:5 In-Context
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and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
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To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
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Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.