* **Cretans are unceasing liars** - "Cretans are lying all the time" or "Cretans never stop lying." The is an exaggeration. (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole]])
* **lazy bellies** - "lazy gluttons" or "people who do nothing but eat too much food." This figure of speech uses the image of their stomachs to describe the whole person. (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche]])
* **So sharply correct them** - "Therefore tell them strongly that they are wrong"
* **that they may be sound in the faith** - "so they will have a healthy faith" or "so they will believe the truth" or "so their faith may be true"