Titus 1:5

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5For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you would set right what remains unfinished, and appoint 1:5 The words elder, overseer, and bishop are used interchangeably to indicate the spiritually mature men who were qualified and selected to serve as leaders and shepherds over the church of God (v 7; cf Acts 20:17,28; 1 Tim 3:1-7; 1 Pet 5:1, 2).elders in every city as I directed you,