Here is Titus, verses 7 and 8, where the characteristics of a good elder and bad are listed in order to help guide Titus in keeping the fledgling church in Crete going on the right path. The translation from biblegateway.com is Hawai'ian Pidgin (English): speak the words aloud to get the rhythm and meaning of the lines.
7 Da guy dat stay in charge, he suppose to be real strait too, cuz he get da job fo take care tings fo God, an den, nobody can poin finga him. He betta not be like da kine guys dat get hard head an no listen to da odda guy. Dose guys, dey get mad fast, dey drink too much, dey like beef everytime, dey no shame fo do any kine fo make money.
8 Da guy dat stay in charge, he betta not make lidat. Wen peopo from odda place come make house his place, he show dem aloha. He feel good inside wen he see good tings happen. He know wat he doing, an he everytime do da right ting. He stay good an spesho fo God all da time. An he stay in charge a how he ack.
This morning at men's Bible study we talked around and around these lines. One can lead by example, by words, by instruction and so on. And leadership can come as one result of maturity, or the other way around - maturity of spirit is one result of leading others. The part about a leader to "love the Good" seems to mean that there are things well beyond human ideas of what is good, prestigious in the eyes of peers, or what advertisers are proffering as The Good Life.
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