...made a prisoner; and he left Titus among the islanders, to water the Church which he had planted. " For 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." (Tit. i. 5.) We derive much information from various...

...(See Acts xv. 4, 6 ; xvi;4; xx. 17); and this is farther confirmed by Paul's letter to Titus (i. 5) " for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain (or appoint) elders in every city," &c. Here let it be remarked, that he does not say in every church,...

...was that of Titus; as appears in the fifth verse of the epistle to him; in which the apostle says — "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the tilings that are wanting, and ordain, elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." These seem very...

...them, they sont them away. p Acts xiv. 23. [See before.] Tit. i. ' 5. For this cause left I thee ui Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in everv city, as I had appoint ed thee. Acts xx. 17. And from Miletus he sent to Kphesus, and...

...(literally truxora;, l/ishnps). Similar to this is a passage in Titus, chap. i. 5., " For this cauce left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain eldert (•a^vr^vltfa:) in every city." Ver-7. " For a bishop (JTZ-WTCOTTO?) must be blameless." In...

...Graee, merey, and peaee, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 0 For this eause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every eity as I had appointed thee. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having...

...in this church, but no presbyters. " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou ahouldst act ia order the things that are wanting, and ordain presbyters in every city, as I appointed thee, If any man be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused...

...? I answer, in general, a short time before he wrote this epistle, as may appear from those words: "For 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 appointed thee." ch. i. 5. More particularly, I suppose, that Paul had been...

...presbyter. This fact entirely settles the question. The Apostle observes to Titus, " For this c&ust 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."f By this it appears to have been the great design of...

...at Ephesus — the powers of ordination and government : * For this cause,' says St. Paul to him, ' left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ;' or, according to the marginal translation, the things that are left undone ; 'and ordain elders,'...