25Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
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He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. …
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: …
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)Here are directions, I. Concerning the supporting of ministers. Care must be taken that they be honourably maintained (1 Tim. 5:17): Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour (that is, of double maintenance, double to what they have had, or to what others have), especially those who labour in the word and doctrine , those who are more laborious than others. Observe, The pres…
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