10 For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.[a] 11 It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. 12 One of their very own prophets said,

Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:10 Lit the circumcision
  2. Titus 1:12 This saying is from the Cretan poet Epimenides (6th century b.c.).

Bible Gateway Recommends