For this cause (τουτου χαριν). In N.T. only here and Eph 3:1,14. Paul may be supplementing oral instruction as in Timothy's case a…

For this cause left I you in Crete. (Compare to 1 Timothy 1:3).

That you should set in order the things that are wa…

For this cause left I thee in Crete.—The “cause” is discussed below. Crete—over whose Christian population Titus had been…

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appoin…

“I left you in Crete” asserts the joint labors of Paul and Titus on that island for a brief time. Paul’s labors there cannot be fitted into Ac 27:7…

For this reason I left you in Crete. This preface clearly proves that Titus is not so much admonished on his own account as recommended to…

For this cause left I thee in Crete
Not in his voyage to Rome, (Acts 27:7) but rather when he came from …

The character and qualification of pastors, here called elders and bishops, agree with what the apostle wrote to Timothy. Being such bishops and ov…

1. He now comes to the me age and, as was mentioned, aims to defend the Church against heretics. The Apostle's argument proceeds in two part…