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Titus 1:5

For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you
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King James Version

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:

English Standard Version

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--

New International Version

The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.