3. but at the proper time has disclosed his message in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior,
4. to Titus, my true child according to a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5. On account of this, I left you behind in Crete, in order that what remains may be set in order and you may appoint elders in every town, as I ordered you.
6. If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of dissipation or rebellious.
7. For it is necessary for the overseer to be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,
8. but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
9. holding fast to the faithful message according to the teaching, in order that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to reprove those who speak against it.
10. For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11. whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families by teaching things which must not be taught for the sake of dishonest gain.