and revealed at the proper time in his message, through the preaching with which I have been intrusted at the command of God our Savior,

I left you behind in Crete expressly to correct what defects there were, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you??6 men of irreproachable character, who have been married only once, whose children are Christians, free from any suspicion of profligacy or disobedience.