Titus 1:13

This testimony is true. So rebuke them sharply,

Montgomery 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

12By one of their own number, by a prophet of their own, it has been said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons."

14so as to make them sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:8Even if I caused you pain by my letter, I do not regret; though I did regret it when I saw that my letter had caused you pain, even for a time.

1 Timothy 4:6As you lay all these things before the brothers, you will be a noble minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing yourself in the precepts of the faith and that noble teaching which you have followed.

2 Timothy 4:2proclaim the message, be urgent in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with never-failing patience and teaching.

Titus 2:15Thus speak, exhort, reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

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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