In Titus 1, Paul reminds us (the elect) that our faith ( a gift of God's grace) and our knowledge of the truth ( illuminated from His Word by His Spirit) leads us into godliness and allows us to rest on the hope of eternal life, which God promised before the beginning of time. Next, Paul gives specific instructions and guidelines for Timothy to appoint men in each town to church leadership with the following rules and requirements: he must be blameless, the husband of one wife, a man whose children believe him and obey, not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain, must be hospitable, loves what is good, self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined, must hold firmly to sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.