Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

In Context

12One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

14Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, who turn themselves away from the truth.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.

2 Corinthians 7:8For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent; and if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a time) did make you sorrowful;

1 Timothy 4:6These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.

2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

Titus 2:15These things speak, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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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