11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, ^afor the sake of dishonest gain.  ‡

12 ^aOne of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”  ‡

15 ^aTo the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.  ‡

16 They profess to ^aknow God, but ^bin works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, ^cand disqualified for every good work. ‡