Titus 1:12

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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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 silenced—they are ruining whole households, teaching things that they ought not, and for dishonest gain!

13This testimony is true. Therefore correct them rigorously, that they may be sound in the faith,

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Cross References

Acts 17:28because in Him we live and move and have our being. As also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

1 Timothy 4:2—through hypocritical liars whose own consciences have been cauterized,

2 Peter 2:15having forsaken the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages 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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