19 ^yTheir end is destruction, ^ztheir god is their belly, and ^athey glory in their shame, with ^bminds set on earthly things.

4 treacherous, reckless, ^eswollen with conceit, ^flovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

12 ^cOne of the Cretans,¹ a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”²