Qualifications for Elders

^5 (A)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and ^(B)appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

²³ And when they had ^(A)appointed ^(B)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^(C)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Warning Against False Teachers

^3 (A)As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not ^(B)to teach any different doctrine,

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

⁹ Besides being wise, ^(A)the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging ^(B)many proverbs with great care.

² and ^(A)what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses ^(B)entrust to faithful men,^{[a] (C)}who will be able to teach others also.

⁵ For ^(A)though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your ^(B)good order and ^(C)the firmness of your faith in Christ.

^40 (A)But all things should be done decently and ^(B)in order.

^34 (A)if anyone is hungry, ^(B)let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things ^(C)I will give directions ^(D)when I come.

²¹ Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, ^(A)you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this ^(B)injury and loss.