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Tit_1:5. The epistle begins by the apostle reminding Titus of the commission already given him by word of mouth.
τούτου χάριν ἀπέλιπόν σε ἐν Κρήτῃ ] Regarding the time when this happened, see the Introduction; as to the reading, see the critical remarks.
ἵνα τὰ λείποντα ἐπιδιορθώσῃς ] τὰ λείποντα : quae ego per temporis brevitatem non potui coram expedire (Bengel).
ἐπιδιορθώσῃς ] The preposition ἐπί does not serve here to strengthen the meaning (= omni cura corrigere, Wahl), but conveys the notion of something additional: “still further bring into order.”
τὰ λείποντα ] means “that which is wanting,” i.e. here that which was wanting for the complete organization of the church. The apostle himself had already done something, but in many respects the churches were not organized as they ought to be; presbyters had still to be appointed to gather single believers into a firmly-established church. This Titus was now to do, as the next words say: ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΉΣῌς ΚΑΤᾺ ΠΌΛΙΝ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥς .
ΚΑΤᾺ ΠΌΛΙΝ ] For the expression, comp. Luk_8:1; Act_15:21; Act_20:23; and for the fact, Act_14:23. Baur wrongly assumes that each ΠΌΛΙς was to receive only one presbyter, see Meyer on Act_14:23.
ὡς ἐγώ σοι διεταξάμην ] “relates both to the fact and to the manner of it, the latter being set forth more fully in mentioning the qualities of those to be chosen” (de Wette). Hofmann, without sufficient ground, wishes ΠΡΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥς to be regarded not as the object proper, but as something predicated of the object, which object is found by the words ΕἼ ΤΙς Κ . Τ . Λ . This view is refuted by the addition of ΚΑΤᾺ ΠΌΛΙΝ .