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Titus 1:4-6
English Standard Version Anglicised
Titus 1:4-6
English Standard Version Anglicised
4 To Titus, (A)my true child in (B)a common faith:
(C)Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Qualifications for Elders
5 (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— 6 (F)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers and not open to the charge of (G)debauchery or insubordination.
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- Titus 1:6 Or a man of one woman
Titus 1:4-6
New International Version
Titus 1:4-6
New International Version
4 To Titus,(A) my true son(B) in our common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.(C)
Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good(D)
5 The reason I left you in Crete(E) was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint[a] elders(F) in every town, as I directed you. 6 An elder must be blameless,(G) faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
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