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10 For gar there are eimi many polys rebellious people anypotaktos, senseless babblers mataiologos and kai deceivers phrenapatēs, especially malista those ho of ek the ho circumcision peritomē. 11 It is therefore necessary dei to muzzle epistomizō those hos who hostis are upsetting anatrepō entire holos households oikos by teaching didaskō what hos is not proper dei for charin shameful aischros gain kerdos. 12 One tis of ek them autos, their idios own autos prophet prophētēs, said legō, “ Cretans Krēs are always aei liars pseustēs, evil kakos beasts thērion, lazy argos gluttons gastēr.”

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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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Footnotes

  1. Titus 1:12 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides