Titus 1:12

New American Bible - revised edition

One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, “Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons.”

Cross References

Acts 17:28

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

Acts 2:11

both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.”

Acts 27:12

Since the harbor was unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority planned to put out to sea from there in the hope of reaching Phoenix, a port in Crete facing west-northwest, there to spend the winter.

Acts 27:13

A south wind blew gently, and thinking they had attained their objective, they weighed anchor and sailed along close to the coast of Crete.

Acts 27:7

For many days we made little headway, arriving at Cnidus only with difficulty, and because the wind would not permit us to continue our course we sailed for the sheltered side of Crete off Salmone.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.

1 Timothy 4:2

through the hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences.

Titus 1:5

For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you,

2 Peter 2:12

But these people, like irrational animals born by nature for capture and destruction, revile things that they do not understand, and in their destruction they will also be destroyed,

2 Peter 2:15

Abandoning the straight road, they have gone astray, following the road of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved payment for wrongdoing,