Titus 1:12

A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.

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In The King James Version

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

In Context

11who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.

13This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith,

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Cross References

Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.

1 Timothy 4:2speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own conscience having been seared with a hot iron,

2 Peter 2:15having forsaked a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.

Matthew Henry on Titus 1:7-16

The Qualifications of a Bishop; The Necessity of Sharp Reproof. ( a. d. 66.) 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort… Read the whole commentary →

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