Correcting False Teachers
Titus 1:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”This quote, also known as the Epimenides paradox, has been attributed to the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos.
- KJV
- One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
- WEB
- One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
- ASV
- One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
- LSV
- A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
- YLT
- A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said — 'Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'
- DBY
- One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
- DRC
- One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
- GNV
- One of themselues, euen one of their owne prophets said, The Cretians are alwaies liars, euill beastes, slowe bellies.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί·
- RP2018
- Εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί.
- TR-Boyd
- Εἶπέ τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί.
- SCR1894
- ειπεν τις εξ αυτων ιδιος αυτων προφητης κρητες αει ψευσται κακα θηρια γαστερες αργαι
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CreteBellyPoetUnknown GodGlutton; GluttonousNumbers, Book ofSlowQuotationsBeastText and Manuscripts of the New Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- 1 Timothy 4:2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
- Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
- 2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- 2 Peter 2:12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Jude 1:8–13Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a…
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