Titus 1:12

12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”[a]

Titus 1:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
ESV
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
NLT
12 Even one of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, “The people of Crete are all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons.”
MSG
12 One of their own prophets said it best: The Cretans are liars from the womb, barking dogs, lazy bellies.
CSB
12 One of their very own prophets said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.).

Titus 1:12 In-Context

10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 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 Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.

Cross References 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
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