11. It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not.
12. One of them, a prophet of their own, once said,“Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons.”
13. That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,
14. instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and regulations of people who have repudiated the truth.
15. To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.
16. They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.