Titus 1:5-7

Legacy Standard Bible

Qualifications of Elders

⁵ For this reason I left you in ^(A)Crete, that you would set in order what remains and ^(B)appoint ^(C)elders in every city as I directed you, ⁶ namely, ^(D)if any man is beyond reproach, the ^(E)husband of one wife, having faithful children, who are not accused of ^(F)dissipation, or ^(G)rebellious. ⁷ For the ^[a](H)overseer must be beyond reproach as ^(I)God’s steward, not ^(J)self-willed, not quick-tempered, not ^(K)addicted to wine, not pugnacious, ^(L)not fond of dishonest gain,