Titus 1:5-9 The reason I left you in Crete Note: This was an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of Greece was so you could set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city i.e., where there was a church, as I directed you.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ The reason I left you in Crete [Note: This was an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of Greece] was so you could set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city [i.e., where there was a church], as I directed you. ⁶ [An elder must] not be guilty of just blame, [he must be] the husband of one wife, whose children are believers [Note: The word for “believers” may also be translated “faithful ones” or “trustworthy ones”], who have a reputation for not being wild or disobedient. ⁷ As God’s manager [of the church], an overseer must be free from just blame, not a drunkard, not a fighter [and] not in love with money. ⁸ [He must be] hospitable, someone who loves what is good, sensible, upright, devout and self-controlled. ⁹ [He must] hold on firmly to the trustworthy message, which is according to [our] teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort people with sound teaching and to convince those who contradict it.