Titus 1:5 (DBY)

Passage

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

Nearby Context

Titus 1:3 but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

Titus 1:4 to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

Titus 1:6 if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "left", "thee", "crete", "thou", "mightest", "right", and "remained". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "left", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "to Titus my own child according to..." into verse 6's "if any one be free from all...", so "cause" and "left" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cause" and "left" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.