Titus 1:5-7

Christian Standard Bible

Titus’s Ministry in Crete

⁵ The reason I left you in Crete^(A) was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders^(B) in every town. ⁶ An elder^(C) must be blameless,^(D) the husband of one wife, with faithful^[a] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion. ⁷ As an overseer^(E) of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,