Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. For which cause rebuke them with severity, that they may be sound in the faith;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 poet of their own nation, hath said, The Cretans are always liars, wicked beasts, slothful gluttons.

14not attending to Jewish fables, and injunctions of men, who have turned away from the truth.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:8For if I grieved you by a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that this letter made you sorry, though but for a season.

1 Timothy 4:6If thou suggest these truths to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and sound doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

2 Timothy 4:2preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Titus 2:15These things speak and enjoin, and reprove 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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