but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me ac cording to the commandment of God our Savior;

if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

sound speech that can not be condemned; that he that is opposed may be ashamed, seeing he has no evil thing to say of us.

For the grace of God, which brings salvation to all men, has appeared,