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Titus 1:5-7 New International Version (NIV)

5. The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

6. An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

7. Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

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