(A)“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but (B)have tested those (C)who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

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I know your deeds,(A) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(B) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(C)

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(A)not that there is another one, but (B)there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(A) and are trying to pervert(B) the gospel of Christ.

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(A)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (B)slipped in to spy out (C)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (D)so that they might bring us into slavery—

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This matter arose because some false believers(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(B) the freedom(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

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12 (A)It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh (B)who would force you to be circumcised, and only (C)in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh(A) are trying to compel you to be circumcised.(B) The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted(C) for the cross of Christ.

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15 (A)Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

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15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

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18 For (A)many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you (B)even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(A) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(B)

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10 For there are many who are insubordinate, (A)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of (B)the circumcision party.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision

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)

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12 (A)One of the Cretans,[a] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:12 Greek One of them
  2. Titus 1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete

12 One of Crete’s own prophets(A) has said it: “Cretans(B) are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides

False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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Test the Spirits

Beloved, (A)do not believe every spirit, but (B)test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for (C)many (D)false prophets (E)have gone out into the world.

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On Denying the Incarnation

Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C)

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