10 For there are many who are insubordinate, (A)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of (B)the circumcision party.[a] 11 They must be silenced, since (C)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (D)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 (E)One of the Cretans,[b] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision
  2. Titus 1:12 Greek One of them
  3. Titus 1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete

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]

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Footnotes

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