| 5 | This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you, |
| 6 | if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. |
| 7 | For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, |