⁹ He must hold firmly^(A) to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine^(B) and refute those who oppose it.

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

¹⁰ For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk^(C) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.^{(D) 11} They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households^(E) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. ¹² One of Crete’s own prophets^(F) has said it: “Cretans^(G) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”^{[a] 13} This saying is true. Therefore rebuke^(H) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith^{(I) 14} and will pay no attention to Jewish myths^(J) or to the merely human commands^(K) of those who reject the truth.^(L)