9 holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.
10 For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.
11 It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
12 One of their very own prophets said,Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.
13 This testimony is true. So, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith
14 and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of men who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.