Titus 1:7

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For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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Crete was a large Mediterranean island south of Greece, where Paul had left Titus to help organize local churches. Its setting matters because Titus 1:7 gives qualifications for overseers who would steward God’s household amid the island’s newly established Christian communities.

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Titus 1:7 mentions Crete.