Titus 1:5

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

Titus 1:5 — American Standard Version

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Context — Titus 1

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2in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

3but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

4to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

6if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

7For the bishop must be blameless, as God`s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

8but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

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