9. clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.
10. For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
11. who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain.
12. One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
13. This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,