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Titus 1:12–13

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One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
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From verse 12

  1. Romans 16:18Rank 1 from verse 12
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    18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  2. 1 Timothy 4:2Rank 2 from verse 12
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    2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

  3. Acts 17:28Rank 3 from verse 12
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    28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  4. 2 Peter 2:15Rank 4 from verse 12
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    15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  5. 2 Peter 2:12Rank 5 from verse 12
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    12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

From verse 13

  1. 1 Timothy 5:20Rank 1 from verse 13
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    20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

  2. Titus 2:2Rank 2 from verse 13
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    2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

  3. 2 Timothy 4:2Rank 3 from verse 13
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    2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

  4. Titus 2:15Rank 4 from verse 13
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    15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

  5. 2 Corinthians 13:10Rank 5 from verse 13
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    10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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Titus 1:12

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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prophet

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A person who declares or bears a message as divinely inspired, including one who foretells, whether truly or falsely.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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Titus 1:13

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witness

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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.

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true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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rebuke

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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

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sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

12One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

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14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

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