14And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)Here is the fifth and last thing in the matter of the epistle: what Titus should avoid in teaching; how he should deal with a heretic; with some other directions. Observe, I. That the apostle’s meaning might be more clear and full, and especially fitted to the time and state of things in Crete, and the many judaizers among them, he tells Titus what, in teaching, he should shun, Titus 3:9. There ar…
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