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11 whom it-is-necessary to silence, who are overturning whole households, teaching things which they ought not to teach for the sake of shameful gain. 12 One of them, their own prophet[a], said “Cretans are always liars[b], evil beasts, lazy gluttons”. 13 This testimony is true. For which reason, be rebuking them severely in order that they may be healthy in the faith,

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:12 Paul quotes Epimenides, a Cretan poet/philosopher born in 659 b.c.
  2. Titus 1:12 The Cretans were notorious for lying.

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