Titus 1:13
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This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:

rebuke.

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.

1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

that.

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

Psalm 119:80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

2 Corinthians 7:8-12 For although I made you sorrowful by my epistle, I do not repent. And if I did repent, seeing that the same epistle (although but for a time) did make you sorrowful, . . .

1 Timothy 4:6 These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.

Context
Correcting False Teachers
12One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies. 13This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith: 14Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn themselves away from the truth.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.

1 Timothy 1:10
For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine:

1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin reprove before all that the rest also may have fear.

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

Titus 2:15
These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Lexicon
This
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

testimony
μαρτυρία (martyria)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3141: Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given.

is
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

true.
ἀληθής (alēthēs)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 227: Unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful. TRUE.

Therefore
αἰτίαν (aitian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 156: From the same as aiteo; a cause, i.e. reason, crime.

rebuke
ἔλεγχε (elenche)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1651: (a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty. Of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sternly,
ἀποτόμως (apotomōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 664: Sharply, severely. Adverb from a derivative of a comparative of apo and temno; abruptly, i.e. Peremptorily.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they will be sound
ὑγιαίνωσιν (hygiainōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5198: From hugies; to have sound health, i.e. Be well; figuratively, to be uncorrupt.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

faith
πίστει (pistei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.


Additional Translations
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

This testimony is true, for which cause rebuke them severely, so that they may be sound in the faith,

This witness is true. Why rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

This testimony is true: wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
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