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11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said,

Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle [a]gluttons.

13 This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be [b]sound in the faith,

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  1. Titus 1:12 Greek bellies.
  2. Titus 1:13 Greek healthy.

11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(A) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. 12 One of Crete’s own prophets(B) has said it: “Cretans(C) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a] 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke(D) them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith(E)

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  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides