Unto the pure all things are pure] St. Chrysostom said, 'God made nothing impure.' Used, not abused, all things are right; abused, the seemingly innocent thing is sin. St. Paul does not mean to limit this principle to ceremonial distinctions (about meats, etc.), with which the Judaisers would be apt to vex the Cretans. Their mind and conscience is defiled] cp. Matthew 15:4 to Matthew 8:16. They profess] Not mere pretence, but blatant self-confidence.

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