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Titus 1:12

10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
KJV
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
WEB
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
ASV
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
DARBY
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
BLB
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
ÅB
En av dem, deres egen profet, har sagt: Kreterne er alltid løgnere, onde dyr, late buker.
OTB
En av deres egne profeter har sagt: «Kreterne er alltid løgnere, onde villdyr, late buker.»
B1930
En av dem, deres egen profet, har sagt: Kreterne er alltid løgnere, onde dyr, late buker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 16:18

    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:2

    influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

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  • Acts 17:28

    ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

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  • 2 Peter 2:15

    They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

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  • Jude 1:8–13

    Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

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  • 2 Peter 2:12

    These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

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  • Acts 2:11

    both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

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