5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 5)Here is the end expressed, I. More generally: For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting . This was the business of evangelists (in which office Titus was), to water where the apostles had planted (1 Cor. 3:6), furthering and finishing what they had begun; so much epidiorthoun imports, to order after another . Titus was to go on in settling wha...
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