The Apostle Paul has an interesting line in his letter to Titus. It's one that, perhaps, Christians today should give a little more attention. If for no other reason, there is a blessing in struggling with challenging texts, particularly those that would probably get their author anathematized in today's evangelical church. The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons (Titus 1:12). Ouch. What a bigot St. Paul was. The Cretans belonged to an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and their culture was...
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Its interesting on the passage about Cretans being “evil beasts and lazy gluttons” is specifically about the Jewish Cretan not the Gentile Cretans.
Titus 1:10-14 (ESV)
“10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the CIRCUMCISION PARTY. 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’ 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to JEWISH myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.”
Its specifically the Cretans of the Circumcision Party who tend to believe in Jewish Myths that Paul calls “always liars, evil beats, lazy gluttons.”
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Its interesting on the passage about Cretans being “evil beasts and lazy gluttons” is specifically about the Jewish Cretan not the Gentile Cretans.
Titus 1:10-14 (ESV)
“10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the CIRCUMCISION PARTY. 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’ 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to JEWISH myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.”
Its specifically the Cretans of the Circumcision Party who tend to believe in Jewish Myths that Paul calls “always liars, evil beats, lazy gluttons.”
this goes exactly the same as Paul states in 1 Thessalonians 2:14c-16. Matthew 21:31-43,
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