The Greek verb ekstrepho is a compound of ek (out) and strepho (to turn), meaning to turn inside out, pervert, or corrupt. It appears only once in the NT (Titus 3:11), describing a divisive, factious person as one who is "warped" — turned inside out spiritually and morally.
Titus 3:11 warns about the "divisive person" (hairetikos anthropos) who has been corrected twice but refuses to repent: such a person is ekstrepho — perverted, warped. This is not a surface failure but a fundamental corruption of character. The verb captures the tragedy of deliberate, persisted-in sin: it twists the person inside out, inverting what God designed. Paul connects this with self-condemnation — the divisive person judges themselves by their own continued rebellion. The warning to Titus places the protection of church unity and doctrinal health at the center of pastoral responsibility.