King James Version
Titus 1:13 in the King James Version says “This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;” — study this verse from Titus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;”
Titus 1:13 · KJV
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
KJV Study — Public Domain
a cause (as if asked for), i.e., (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“they may be sound”
G5198to have sound health, i.e., be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine)
“the faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
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