Titus 1:12 meaning and explanation
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Titus 1:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to Titus, whom he left on Crete to appoint elders and correct false teachers. In verse 12 he quotes a Cretan prophet, likely the sixth-century BC poet Epimenides, calling Cretans liars, evil beasts and lazy gluttons.
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