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11 whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole houses, teaching things they ought not for the sake of dishonest gain.

12 One of them (one of their own Prophets) said, “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

13 This witness is true! Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith

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11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(A) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of Crete’s own prophets(B) has said it: “Cretans(C) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a] 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke(D) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides