¹⁰For there are many who are insubordinate, yempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of zthe circumcision party.8 ¹¹They must be silenced, since athey are upsetting whole families by teaching bfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. ¹²cOne of the Cretans,9 a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”10 ¹³This testimony is true. Therefore drebuke them esharply, that they fmay be sound in the faith, ¹⁴gnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and hthe commands of people iwho turn away from the truth. ¹⁵jTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and kunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ltheir minds and their consciences are defiled. ¹⁶mThey profess to know God, but they ndeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ounfit for any good work.

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