English Standard Version
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--New International Version
The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.Catholic Public Domain Version
For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you