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Titus in Crete

This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders[a] in every town as I directed you, if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

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Footnotes

  1. 1.5 elders: Each Christian community was ruled by a body of elders.

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