Titus 1:2

1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. ¹ 

Titus 1:12

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ² 

¹ tn Grk “before eternal ages.”

² sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).