Titus 1:5-9 ▼

5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town.

6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion.

7 As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,

8 but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

9 holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.