"One of themselves, {even} a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians {are} alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies." — Titus 1:12

Titus 1:12 · KJV

“One of themselves, {even} a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians {are} alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”

— Titus 1:12

Verse 11

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Verse 13

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Titus 1 — Context

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

One of themselves, {even} a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians {are} alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Cross References

Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

1 Timothy 4:2

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Acts 17:28

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

2 Peter 2:15

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam {the son} of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

Jude 1:8-13

Likewise also these {filthy} dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Acts 2:11

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.