Titus 1:12
A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said,“Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
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- Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’
- Rom 16:18 : 18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
- 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
- 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these men, like irrational animals– creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed– do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,
- 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
- Jude 1:8-9 : 8 Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones. 9 But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said,“May the Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend. 11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
- Acts 2:11 : 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
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10For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
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15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
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1The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
2And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
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16These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.
17Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
18For they said to you,“In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”
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29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
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14Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
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7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people– who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith– also oppose the truth.
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30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
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11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
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11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
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5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
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13And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.
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4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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11You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.
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9For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.
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8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.
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13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
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6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.
7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.
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23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
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13“That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
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18For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
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13wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.