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Titus 1:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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When they had appointed elders  for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.


As I urged you when I went to Macedonia,  remain in Ephesus  so that you may instruct certain people  not to teach false doctrine


In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.


But everything is to be done decently  and in order.


What you have heard from me  in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful  men  who will be able to teach others also.


If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgement. I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.


Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, ‘You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.


Since the harbour was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbour on Crete  facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.


Sailing slowly for many days, we arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.


They did this, sending it to the elders  by means of Barnabas and Saul.


Who, like me, can announce the future? Let him say so and make a case before me, since I have established an ancient people. Let these gods declare  the coming things, and what will take place.


For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit,  rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.


Cretans and Arabs #– #we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.’


They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.


When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they had achieved their purpose. They weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.


This is why I have sent  Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful  child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.


One of their very own prophets said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’


Then they are to take different stones to replace the former ones and take additional plaster to replaster the house.





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