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Titus 1:5 KJV
Titus · chapter 1 · verse 5 · King James Version
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:Titus 1:5 · King James Version
Titus 1:5 in context
3But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5For 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:
6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- appointeddiatassōto arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give orderG1299 →
- wantingleipōto leave, leave behind, forsake, to be left behind, to lag, be inferior, to be destitute…G3007 →
- ordainkathistēmito set, place, put, to set one over a thing , to appoint one to administer an office, to…G2525 →
- elderspresbyteroselder, of age,, the elder of two people, advanced in life, an elder, a senior…G4245 →
- causecharinin favour of, for the pleasure of, for, for the sake of, on this account, for this causeG5484 →
- CretekrētēCrete = " fleshy" , the largest and most fertile island of the Mediterranean…G2914 →
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