Titus 1:9

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holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

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Crete was a large Mediterranean island south of Greece, where Titus was serving among newly organized Christian churches. Its diverse, morally troubled setting heightened the need for elders who would firmly hold to apostolic teaching, both to instruct believers and to refute false teachers.

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Titus 1:9 mentions Crete.