10 For there are many who are insubordinate, ^wempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ^xthe circumcision party.¹ 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for ^yshameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 ^zOne of the Cretans,² a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”³ 13 ^aThis testimony is true. Therefore ^brebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,