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Titus 1:10-16
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Titus 1:10-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 [a]For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians.[b] 11 It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not. 12 One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, “Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons.”[c] 13 That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,(A) 14 instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and regulations of people who have repudiated the truth.(B) 15 To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.(C) 16 They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.
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- 1:10–16 This adverse criticism of the defects within the community is directed especially against certain Jewish Christians, who busy themselves with useless speculations over persons mentioned in the Old Testament, insist on the observance of Jewish ritual purity regulations, and thus upset whole families by teaching things they have no right to teach; cf. Ti 3:9; 1 Tm 1:3–10.
- 1:10 Jewish Christians: literally, “those of the circumcision.”
- 1:12 Cretans…gluttons: quoted from Epimenides, a Cretan poet of the sixth century B.C.
Titus 1:10-16
New International Version
Titus 1:10-16
New International Version
Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk(A) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.(B) 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(C) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of Crete’s own prophets(D) has said it: “Cretans(E) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a] 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke(F) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith(G) 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths(H) or to the merely human commands(I) of those who reject the truth.(J) 15 To the pure, all things are pure,(K) but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.(L) In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.(M) 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.(N) They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.(O)
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- Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
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