Titus 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, “Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² One of their [very] number, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, hurtful beasts, idle and lazy gluttons.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

Common English Bible

¹² Someone who is one of their own prophets said, “People from Crete are always liars, wild animals, and lazy gluttons.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: "The Cretans are ever liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

Titus 1:12 Cross References

1 Timothy 4:2

through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

Acts 17:28

For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we, too, are his offspring.’

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of doing wrong

2 Peter 2:12

These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,

Acts 2:11

Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”

Acts 27:7

We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind was against us, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.

Acts 27:12

Since the harbor was not suitable for spending the winter, the majority was in favor of putting to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, where they could spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.

Acts 27:13

When a moderate south wind began to blow, they thought they could achieve their purpose; so they weighed anchor and began to sail past Crete, close to the shore.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you: