Titus 1:13

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

In Context

12as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish gluttons."

14not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:8For though I grieved you by my letter, I do not repent, though I did repent; for I perceive that that epistle grieved you, though it was but for a little while.

1 Timothy 4:6If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, as one brought up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.

2 Timothy 4:2preach the word, be instant both in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and instruction.

Titus 2:15These things speak, and exhort; and reprove offenders with all authority: that none may 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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