Titus 1:13 · KJV
“This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”
— Titus 1:13
One of themselves, {even} a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians {are} alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Titus 1 — Context
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12One of themselves, {even} a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians {are} alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15Unto the pure all things {are} pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving {is} nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Cross References
1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}
Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.
1 Timothy 4:6
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
2 Corinthians 7:8-12
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though {it were} but for a season.
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