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**Saviour**
*(See Scofield "**")* .

**wanting**
It is not at all a question of the presence in the assembly of persons having the qualifications of elders, made overseers by the Holy Spirit [Acts 20:28](../../../kjv/acts/20/28) that such persons were in the churches of Crete is assumed; the question is altogether one of the appointment of such persons. These assemblies were not destitute of elders; but were "wanting," in that they were not duly appointed. There is a progress of doctrine in respect of the appointing of elders. Cf. v. 5, note.
**elders**
Elder (presbuteros) and bishop (episcopos = "overseer") designate the same office (cf [Titus 1:7](../../../kjv/titus/1/7); [Acts 20:17](../../../kjv/acts/20/17); [Acts 20:28](../../../kjv/acts/20/28) the former referring to the man, the latter to a function of the office. The eldership in the apostolic local churches was always plural. There is no instance of one elder in a local church. The functions of the elders are: to rule ; [1 Timothy 3:4](../../../kjv/1-timothy/3/4); [1 Timothy 3:5](../../../kjv/1-timothy/3/5); [1 Timothy 5:17](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/17) to guard the body of revealed truth from perversion and error [Titus 1:9](../../../kjv/titus/1/9) to "oversee" the church as a shepherd his flock ; [Acts 20:28](../../../kjv/acts/20/28); [John 21:16](../../../kjv/john/21/16); [Hebrews 13:17](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/17). [1 Peter 5:2](../../../kjv/1-peter/5/2). Elders are made or "set" in the churches by the Holy Spirit [Acts 20:28](../../../kjv/acts/20/28) but great stress is laid upon their due appointment ; [Acts 14:23](../../../kjv/acts/14/23); [Titus 1:5](../../../kjv/titus/1/5). At first they were ordained ( (Greek - προχειροτονέω ," "to elect," "to designate with the hand,") by an apostle; e).g. [Acts 14:23](../../../kjv/acts/14/23) but in Titus and First Timothy the qualifications of an elder become part of the Scriptures for the guidance of the churches in such appointment. [1 Timothy 3:1-7](../../../kjv/1-timothy/3/1-7).

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