<p>1:6- see on Gal. 6:4.</p><p><i>If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife- </i>This could mean 'not polygamous', or could refer to not being a womanizer. He was to be a man of one woman.</p><p><i>Having children that believe- </i>The converts on Crete had not long been baptized. The idea may be that it was quite acceptable for &quot;children&quot; to also convert; the elders should be heads of households who had accepted the faith. This was the more necessary because there is no archaeological evidence for dedicated Christian meeting places in the first century; the churches met in homes. The reference to &quot;whole houses&quot; (:11) would be to house churches.</p><p><i>Who are not accused of riot or unruly</i>- But a related word is used about the behaviour of God&rsquo;s son, the prodigal (Lk. 15:13). The implication would therefore be that these brethren had done all they reasonably could so that the child wouldn&rsquo;t turn out like this.</p>