Qualifications for Elders

5 ^oThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and ^pappoint elders in every town as I directed you—

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, ^yempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ^zthe circumcision party.¹ 11 They must be silenced, since ^athey are upsetting whole families by teaching ^bfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach.