1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 1 1:13 Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith
Titus 2:8
2:8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, 2 because he has nothing evil to say about us.
Titus 3:9
3:9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, 3 quarrels, and fights about the law, 4 because they are useless and empty.
1 sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).
2 tn Or “put to shame.”
3 tn Cf. 1 Tim 1:4.
4 snFights about the law were characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus as well as in Crete (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-7; Titus 1:10, 14).