Titus 1:5-6
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Titus 1
- John Gill - Exposition - Titus 1:5
- John Gill - Exposition - Titus 1:6
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Titus 1
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Titus 1:6-12
Titus 1:5-6. 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: if any be blameless, the husband of one wife,
For there were many converts there who had two or three wives. Whatever position they might be permitted to occupy in the church, they could not become officers, they must keep in the rear rank.