19I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-29)The form of each epistle is very much the same; and in this, as the rest, we have to consider the inscription, contents, and conclusion. I. The inscription, telling us, 1. To whom it is directed: To the angel of the church of Thyatira , a city of the proconsular Asia, bordering upon Mysia on the north and Lydia on the south, a town of trade, whence came the woman named Lydia, a seller of purple ,…
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