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11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
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One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
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and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
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They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
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