Titus 1:14
12 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
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
- KJV
- Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
- WEB
- not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
- ASV
- not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
- DARBY
- not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
- BLB
- not giving heed to Jewish myths and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
- ÅB
- så de ikke gir seg av med jødiske eventyr og bud av mennesker som vender seg bort fra sannheten.
- OTB
- og ikke gi akt på jødiske myter eller bud fra mennesker som vender seg bort fra sannheten.
- B1930
- så de ikke gir sig av med jødiske eventyr og bud av mennesker som vender sig bort fra sannheten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 4:4
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Read in contextColossians 2:22
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
Read in contextGalatians 4:9
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
Read in context2 Peter 2:22
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Read in contextMatthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:4–7
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
Read in contextMark 7:7
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
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