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Titus 1:5

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5sFor this cause left I thee in tCrete, that uthou shouldest set in order the things that are ||vwanting, and wordain xelders in every city, as I had yappointed thee:

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Footnotes

  1. sComp. 1 Tim. 1:3.
  2. tSo ver. 12. See Acts 2:11.
  3. uSee 1 Cor. 12:28.
  4. ||Or, left undone.
  5. vWisd. 19:4. Luke 18:22 (Gk.). ch. 3:13.
  6. wSo Acts 14:23. Comp. 2 Tim. 2:2.
  7. x1 Tim. 5:17, 19. See Acts 11:30.
  8. ySee 1 Cor. 11:34.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.