Titus 1:1-5

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—