Titus 1:16

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They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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Crete was a large Mediterranean island under Roman rule, where Titus had been left to appoint elders and confront disruptive teachers in the churches. Its setting matters because Titus 1:16 exposes professed believers whose corrupt conduct denied the God they claimed to know.

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Titus 1:16 mentions Crete.