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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And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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