Oneof themselves,a prophetof their own,said,"Cretansare alwaysliars,evilbeasts,lazygluttons."
for in Him we liveand moveand exist,as evensomeof your own poetshave said,'For we alsoare His children.'
Cretansand Arabs--we hearthem in our [own] tonguesspeakingof the mighty deedsof God."
Because the harborwas not suitablefor wintering,the majorityreacheda decisionto put out to seafrom there,ifsomehowthey couldreachPhoenix,a harborof Crete,facingsouthwestand northwest,and spend the winter[there].
When a moderatesouth windcameup, supposingthat they had attainedtheir purpose,they weighed anchorand [began] sailing alongCrete,close[inshore].
When we had sailed slowlyfor a good manydays,and with difficultyhad arrivedoffCnidus,since the winddid not permit us [to go] farther,we sailed under the shelterof Crete,offSalmone;
For such menare slaves,not of our LordChristbut of their ownappetites;and by their smoothand flattering speechthey deceivethe heartsof the unsuspecting.
whoseendis destruction,whosegodis [their] appetite,and [whose] gloryis in their shame,who set their mindson earthly things.
by meansof the hypocrisyof liarssearedin their ownconscienceas with a branding iron,
For thisreasonI leftyou in Crete,that you would set in orderwhat remainsand appointeldersin everycityas I directedyou,
But these,likeunreasoninganimals,bornas creatures of instinctto be capturedand killed,revilingwherethey have no knowledge,will in the destructionof thosecreatures alsobe destroyed,
forsakingthe rightway,they have gone astray,having followedthe wayof Balaam,the [son] of Beor,wholovedthe wagesof unrighteousness;
