To Titus, (A)my true child in (B)a common faith:

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

Qualifications for Elders

(D)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (E)appoint elders in every town as I directed you— (F)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (G)debauchery or insubordination.

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:6 Or a man of one woman
  2. Titus 1:6 Or are faithful

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