for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Titus 1:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons. Common English Bible Someone who is one of their own prophets said, “People from Crete are always liars, wild animals, and lazy gluttons.” Catholic Public Domain Version A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: "The Cretans are ever liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies. |
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phoenix, and there to winter; which is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the southwest and northwest.
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmo´ne;
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
But these, as natural brute beasts made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Ba´laam the son of Be´or, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;