Titus 1:12

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

But you, Yahweh, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.

For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.

and all the kings of Arabia, all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;