For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed thee;

Neither

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

For he that biddeth him good speed taketh part in his evil deeds.

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues;

Keep

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

And when they set themselves against him, and reviled, he shook his garments, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads! I am clean; from this time I will go to the gentiles.

Wherefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men;

General references

Be not therefore partakers with them.