en_tn_condensed/tit/01/13.md

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# Therefore, correct them severely
"You must use strong language that the Cretans will understand when you correct them"
# so that they may be truthful in the faith
The Greek word translated "truthful" is a word meaning "healthy" and here is a dead metaphor for true, trustworthy, and morally good. Alternate translation: "trustworthy words" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphordead]])