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10 For there be many unobedient, and vain speakers, and deceivers, most they that be of circumcision,
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For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 which it behooveth to be reproved [whom it behooveth to be reproved]; which subvert all houses, teaching which things it behooveth not, for [the] love of foul winning.
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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 And one of them, their proper prophet said [Some one of them, the proper prophet of them, said], said, Men of Crete be evermore liars, evil beasts, of slow womb [slow of womb].
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One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
13 This witnessing is true. For which cause blame them sore, that they be whole in faith,
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This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 not giving attention to fables of Jews, and to commandments of men, that turn away them from truth [turning them away from 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 And all things be clean to clean men; but to unclean men and to unfaithful nothing is clean, for the soul and conscience of them be made unclean [but and the soul, or reason, and conscience of them be made unclean].
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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 acknowledge that they know God, but by deeds they deny [him]; when they be abominable, and unbelieveful, and reprovable to all good work [to all good works].
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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.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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