 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot,...  The United Secession Magazine - Page 3271844Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...made a prisoner; and he left Titus among the islanders, to water the Church which he had planted. " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." (Tit. i. 5.) We derive much information from various... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1813 - 596 pages
...(See Acts xv. 4, 6 ; xvi;4; xx. 17); and this is farther confirmed by Paul's letter to Titus (i. 5) " for this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain (or appoint) elders in every city," &c. Here let it be remarked, that he does not say in every church,... | |
 | William White - 1813 - 532 pages
...was that of Titus; as appears in the fifth verse of the epistle to him; in which the apostle says — "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the tilings that are wanting, and ordain, elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." These seem very... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...them, they sont them away. p Acts xiv. 23. [See before.] Tit. i. ' 5. For this cause left I thee ui Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in everv city, as I had appoint ed thee. Acts xx. 17. And from Miletus he sent to Kphesus, and... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...Graee, merey, and peaee, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 0 For this eause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every eity as I had appointed thee. 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 574 pages
...(literally truxora;, l/ishnps). Similar to this is a passage in Titus, chap. i. 5., " For this cauce left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain eldert (•a^vr^vltfa:) in every city." Ver-7. " For a bishop (JTZ-WTCOTTO?) must be blameless." In... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 644 pages
...? I answer, in general, a short time before he wrote this epistle, as may appear from those words: "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I appointed thee." ch. i. 5. More particularly, I suppose, that Paul had been... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - Clergy - 1815 - 216 pages
...presbyter. This fact entirely settles the question. The Apostle observes to Titus, " For this c&ust left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee."f By this it appears to have been the great design of... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - Sermons, American - 1815 - 316 pages
...at Ephesus — the powers of ordination and government : * For this cause,' says St. Paul to him, ' left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting ;' or, according to the marginal translation, the things that are left undone ; 'and ordain elders,'... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 492 pages
...you overseers (literally tirierxon-Kf bishops.) Similar to this is a passage in Titus, chap. i. 5. " .For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest...set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders (isrftirl3vl£fxi) in every city." Ver. 7. " For a bishop (EWKTXOTTOV) must be blameless." In... | |
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