Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Vain talkers (mataiologoi). Late and rare compound, empty talkers, in Vett. Val. and here. See 1 Timothy 1:6 for mataiologia.
Deceivers (frenapatai). Late and rare compound, in papyri, eccl. writers, here alone in N.T. "Mind-deceivers." See Galatians 6:3 for frenapatain.
Specially they of the circumcision (malista oi ek thv peritomhv). Same phrase in Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Colossians 4:11. Jews are mentioned in Crete in Acts 2:11. Apparently Jewish Christians of the Pharisaic type tinged with Gnosticism.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Timothy 1:9
Titus 1:6
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