4 to Titus, true son in the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Christ, our Saviour.
5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou should correct that which is lacking and set in place elders in every city, as I had commanded thee:
6 He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.
7 For the bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not arrogant, not quick to anger, not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain,
8 but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, temperate, just, holy, gentle,
9 holding fast the doctrine according to the faithful word, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are many insubordinate and vain talkers and deceivers of souls, especially those of the circumcision,