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To Titus, my natural son according to the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you would continue to organize the things which remain, and would ordain elders in every city, as I directed you

(if any are blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who are not accused of wastefulness or disobedient).

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To Titus,(A) my true son(B) in our common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.(C)

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good(D)

The reason I left you in Crete(E) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint[a] elders(F) in every town, as I directed you. An elder must be blameless,(G) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:5 Or ordain
  2. Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy