5 I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
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The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
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