Titus 1:5-9 ▼

5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined;

9 holding to the trustworthy word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine, and correct those who speak against it.