Paul’s Greeting to Titus
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,+ 2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;+ 3but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;+ 4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.+Appointing Elders on Crete
1 Timothy 3:1–7; 1 Peter 5:1–4
5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;+ 6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.+ 7For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;+ 8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;+ 9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.+