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Titus 1:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Titus 1:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
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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- Titus 1:12 Paul quotes Epimenides, a Cretan poet/philosopher born in 659 b.c.
- Titus 1:12 The Cretans were notorious for lying.
Titus 1:11-13
New International Version
Titus 1:11-13
New International Version
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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- Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
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