Titus 1:12

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ¹ 

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 3:3

3:3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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

² tn Or “put to shame.”