Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Titus 1:5
For this cause left I thee. Paul had then been in Crete, attended
by Titus, and had left him there to set the churches in order.
In Crete.
The things that are wanting. Not only in organization, but in
instruction and practice.
Ordain. "Appoint" (Revised Version). The mode of appointing is not
here indicated.
Elders. See notes on 1 Timothy 3:1-6.
In every city. A plurality were to be appointed wherever there
were churches.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Philippians 1:1
Philippians 1:1
1 Timothy 3:1
Titus 1:5
Titus 3:12
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