Titus 1:12-13

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.

[1:12]  ¹ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).

[2:8]  ² tn Or “put to shame.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Cf. 1 Tim 1:4.

[3:9]  ⁴ sn Fights 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).