Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 themselves, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

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

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:8Because, though I made you sorry with the letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I perceive that that letter made you sorry, though but for a season.

1 Timothy 4:6If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nurtured in the words of the faith and of the good teaching, which thou hast strictly followed.

2 Timothy 4:2preach the word; apply thyself in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

Titus 2:15These things speak, and exhort, and reprove with all authority. Let no one 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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