 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as 1 had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 602 pages
...an apostle,' 1 Tim. ii. 7. The Greek word here is "•Aw, I was appointed. ' For this cause left I thee in Crete ; that thou shouldest set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city.' Here the Greek word is xarairnHns, constitute. It is doubtful whether ordaining, in the ecclesiastical... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1824 - 314 pages
...means of grace and salvation would be ineffectual. Accordingly he adds, '• For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city." Elders were the ministers of the gospel, whose business it was, to preach the gospel ; and without... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...commended them to the Lord. — Acts xiv. 22, 23. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou sbouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. — Titus i. 5. TWELFTHI.Y. Of laying on of Hand* upon the several occasions, and... | |
 | Elias Smith - Christian life - 1825 - 190 pages
...whom they believed." The elders in Crete were ordained by Titus. Titus i. 5, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ORDAIN elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." Enquirer.— According to this account who ought to ordain elders in the churches,... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...Judaizing Christians, mho mere endeavouring to influence the Gentile Converts. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...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... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...Judaizing Christians, mho mere endeavouring to influence the Gentile Converts. 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of lone wife, having faithful children, not... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses, v. 17 — 19. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the...are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - Society of Friends - 1825 - 362 pages
...xiv, 23) ; and, on another occasion, Paul thus addresses himself to Titus, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders (or presbyters) in every city ;" Tit. ch. i, 5. Here, on the supposition that the example of Paul and... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1832 - 534 pages
...The Apostle Paul thus addresses Titus: — ' For this cause I left theein Crete, that thoushouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.' In addressing the Corinthians, on a certain point regarding propriety of demeanour,... | |
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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,... 
