Far from requiring that men appointed as overseers should be unmarried, Paul wrote to Titus: “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might correct the things that were defective and might make appointments of older men [Greek, pre·sbyʹte·ros] in city after city, as I gave you orders; if there is any man free from accusation, a husband of one wife, having believing children that were not under a charge of debauchery nor unruly.
Selle asemel et ülevaatajateks määratavatelt meestelt abielutust nõuda, kirjutas Paulus Tiitusele hoopis selliselt: „Selle tarvis ma jätsin sind Kreetasse, et sa korraldaksid, mis veel jäi korraldamata, ja seaksid vanemaid [kreeka keeles pre·sbyʹte·ros] igasse linna, nagu ma sind käskisin, kui kuskil leidub laitmatu isik, ühe naise mees, kellel on usklikud lapsed, nõnda et neile ei saa ette heita kõlvatut elu ega kangekaelsust.