Titus 1:5

Titus’ Task on Crete

1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Titus 1:12-13

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ¹  1:13 Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

[1:12]  ¹ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).