12 ^cOne 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 ^drebuke them ^esharply, that they ^fmay be sound in the faith, 14 ^gnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and ^hthe commands of people ⁱwho turn away from the truth.