Titus 1:10-13

Qualifications for Elders

¹⁰ For there are many who are insubordinate, _y empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of _z the circumcision party. ¹¹ They must be silenced, since _a they are upsetting whole families by teaching _b for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. ¹² _c One of the Cretans, ₁ a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." ₂ ¹³ This testimony is true. Therefore _d rebuke them _e sharply, that they _f may be sound in the faith,

1. Cross References
   1 Timothy 1:6
   Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 11:2
   So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Timothy 3:6
   For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Timothy 6:5
   And constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
   2 Peter 2:3
   And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 17:28
   For "'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.
   
6. Cross References
   Titus 2:15
   Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
   1 Timothy 5:20
   As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 13:10
   For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
   
8. Cross References
   Titus 2:1 - 2
   But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.