Titus 1:12

as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish gluttons."

1770 John Worsley NT

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 subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:

13This testimony is true: for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith;

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Cross References

Acts 17:28For in Him we live and move, and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."

1 Timothy 4:2and doctrines of demons founded in the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience, forbidding to marry,

2 Peter 2:15who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

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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