Why Paul commands a sharp rebuke, and purity belongs to creation
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Severianus is explaining Paul's instructions to Titus about rebuking the Cretans and about purity, after Paul quoted the Cretan poet's saying.
Since Paul often teaches gentleness when he praises it, but found that the Cretans needed the rebuke like a goad, for this reason he said, “Rebuke them sharply” (Titus 1:13).Paul writes, “All things are pure to the pure” (Titus 1:15).God made all things pure.But if they are impure, the accusation touches the one who created them.