To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure

Titus 1:10-16

For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group. They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain. One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth. To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Why?

The people in Cretans are full of liars, evil brutes, and lazy gluttons, especially to the circumcision group, Jews.

Monds and consciences are the basic to a man, if his mind is corrupted they are denying the Lord. To the pure, all things are pure.

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長老、監督的條件比較符合這個地區教會的需要。

不服約束的人是指猶太人。至少要把爭辯的人駁倒。堅守所教真實的道理，就能將純正的教訓勸化人：自己活出真理的道優先。

污穢不信：人得潔淨是因為相信，不是要守住什麼，或是什麼儀式。不信的人是污穢。如耶穌說的人信就潔淨！在潔淨的人，凡物都潔淨

革哩底人常說謊話，乃是惡獸，又饞又懶：說謊話又好吃懶做。不貪不義之財

嚴嚴的責備他們，使他們在真道上純全無疵：駁倒會把人趕走，目的是教導他們，使他們回轉，歸於真道。不是因為我們做了什麼，而是我們願意相信。

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How?

Keep my heart and my mind pure, it seems fool to this world, but this is the basic to a Christian.