Titus 1:5

American Standard Version (1901)

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

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  • Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
  • Acts 27:7 : 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and were come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not further suffering us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;
  • 1 Tim 1:3 : 3 As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
  • Acts 27:12 : 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter [there; which is] a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.
  • Acts 27:21 : 21 And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.
  • 1 Cor 14:40 : 40 But let all things be done decently and in order.
  • Col 2:5 : 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
  • 1 Chr 6:32 : 32 And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order. [
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.
  • Isa 44:7 : 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
  • Acts 2:11 : 11 Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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    7For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  • 1 Tim 1:2-4
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    2unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

    3As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

    4neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now] .

  • 1 Pet 5:1-3
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    1The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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    3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

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    3but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

    4to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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    15These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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    23And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

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    18This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

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    6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

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    17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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    11whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

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    21I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

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    17For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

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    11These things command and teach.

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    16But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

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    13This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

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    7These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

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