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10 For there are many rebellious men who are empty talkers [just windbags] and deceivers; especially those of the circumcision [those Jews who insist that Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the Law in order to be saved]. 11 They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach for the purpose of dishonest financial gain. 12 One of them [Epimenides, a Cretan], a [a]prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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  1. Titus 1:12 Epimenides was a highly regarded sixth century b.c. poet and philosopher from Crete. His description of his own people had by this time become a proverb.

10 (A)For there are many (B)rebellious people, (C)empty talkers and deceivers, especially (D)those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting (E)whole families, teaching (F)things they should not teach (G)for the sake of [a]dishonest gain. 12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “(H)Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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  1. Titus 1:11 Or disgraceful

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]

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  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides