Paul had left co-worker Titus on the island of Crete to organize the church there and he wrote to him there: "The knowledge of the truth leads to godliness... and God who does not lie brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me... to Titus, my true son in our common faith... I left you in Crete to straighten things out there... appointing elders as leaders who must be blameless, only have one wife, whose children are believers... he should not be quick-tempered, not drink too much, non-violent or dishonest... an elder must be hospitable, love good, be self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined... he must be trustworthy in sound doctrine... so silence mere talkers and deceivers... and propagators of Jewish myths... and combat those whose minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God but their lives deny it".
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