Titus 1:12

The Passion Translation

A certain one of them, one of their own prophets, said, “Those Cretans are nothing but liars, worthless beasts, and lazy gluttons.”

Cross References

1 Timothy 4:2

Hypocritical liars will deceive many, and their consciences won’t bother them at all!

Romans 16:18

For people like this are not truly serving the Lord, our Messiah, but are being driven by their own desires for a following. Utilizing their smooth words and well-rehearsed blessings, they seek to deceive the hearts of innocent ones.

Acts 17:28

It is through him that we live and function and have our identity; just as your own poets have said, ‘Our lineage comes from him.’

2 Peter 2:15

They have wandered off the main road and have gone astray, because they are prophets who love profit—the wages they earn by wrongdoing. They are following the example of Balaam, son of Beor,

2 Peter 2:12

These individuals are nothing but brute beasts—irrational creatures, born in the wild to be caught and destroyed—and they will perish like beasts. They are professional insulters, who slander whatever they don’t understand, and in their destruction they will be destroyed.

Acts 2:11

Yet we hear them speaking of God’s mighty wonders in our own dialects!”

Acts 27:7

We made little headway for several days, and with difficulty we made it to Knidus. The strong winds kept us from holding our course, so from there we sailed along the lee of Crete, opposite Cape Salome.

Acts 27:12

So the majority decided to put out to sea, since Fair Haven was an exposed harbor and not suitable to winter in. They had hoped to somehow reach the Cretan port of Phineka, which was a more suitable port because it was facing south.

Acts 27:13

When a gentle south breeze began to blow, they assumed they could make it, so they pulled up anchor and sailed close to Crete.

Philippians 3:19

doom awaits them. Their god has possessed them and made them mute. Their boast is in their shameful lifestyles and their minds are in the dirt.

Titus 1:5

The reason I stationed you in Crete was so that you could set things in order and complete what was left unfinished, and to raise up and appoint church elders in every city, just as I had instructed you.