5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:



Ver. 5. Set in order] Gr. åðéäéïñèùóç , conficias, set straight, or make up the things that I left unfinished. Straighten the things that grow crooked in the Church,



In every city] Crete had a hundred cities, and was therefore called åêáôïìðïëéò ; as Thebes had a hundred gates, and was therefore called åêáôïìðõëïò