| 1840 - 538 σελίδες
...told that elders were ordained in every church. Thus St. Paul writes to Titus, " For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city." Now, with respect to a Bishop, it belongeth to his office to consecrate other Bishops, to ordain Priests... | |
| John Owen - 1826 - 640 σελίδες
...Christ. Acts xiv. 23. ' They ordained them elders in every church.' Titus i. 5. ' For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order...that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.' 1 Cor. xii. 28. Eph. iv. 11, 12. Fifthly, They do everywhere in the name... | |
| John Owen - 1826 - 700 σελίδες
...an antecedent completing of order, is contrary unto the mind of Christ ; Acts xiv. 23. Tit. i. 5. ' That thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every church.' The practice therefore proposed is irregular and contrary to the mind of Christ. The order... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1826 - 706 σελίδες
...church was enlarged. St. Paul says to Titus, For this cause (eft I thee in Crete, thai thou should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee: (Titus i, 5.) and he tells Timothy, — The things which thou hast heard of... | |
| 1827 - 524 σελίδες
...Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order...that 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... | |
| 1827 - 604 σελίδες
..." putting on of my hands." Titus i. 5. " For this cause left I " thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that " are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed " thee." 2 Tim. ii. 2. " And the things which thou hast heard " of me among many... | |
| H. L. Willmington - 1981 - 1038 σελίδες
...to Titus, he was a spiritual parent (1:4). II. Titus and the Elders (1:5-16). "For this cause left hold his righteousness" (7:9). B. His description...(7:18-20): "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardonet as I had appointed thee" (1:5). A. Their qualifications (1:6-8): Paul now lists some fourteen characteristics... | |
| Dick Iverson, Ray Grant - 1984 - 172 σελίδες
...call for the elders of the church (James 5:14) The elders which are among you I exhort (I Peter 5:1) Thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and ordain elders (Titus 1:5) Remember them which have the rule over you (Hebrews 13:7) Obey them that have the rule... | |
| Francis A. Schaeffer - 1994 - 448 σελίδες
...God Himself. These and only these stand as absolute. In Titus 1:5 Paul writes, "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting (left undone), and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee." So although churches had... | |
| Michael E. Evans - 1988 - 58 σελίδες
...reproach and the snare of the devil (I Timothy 3: 1-7). Look at Titus 1:5-11: 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order...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... | |
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