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for God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served to the saints, and still do serve them.
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Evidence, Not Earning
Commentators stress that this verse does not teach salvation by works. Instead, your service and love are the outward evidence of an inward, saving faith. Scholars explain that God isn't repaying a debt based on merit. Rather, He is faithfully acknowledging and rewarding the fruit of His own grace working within you. Your good works are the proof, not the price, of your salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For God is not unrighteous. God will do no wrong. He will not forget or fail to reward the efforts of His people to promote His glory and …
19th Century
Anglican
In expressing the ground of his hope, he does not directly say, “For I have heard of your fruitfulness.” He implies this and then, in accordance wi…
Baptist
If you have proved by your works that the grace of God is within you, God will not forget you; he will not leave you, he will not cast you away. Yo…
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This verse begins with the Greek word meaning “for” and introduces the grounds for his confidence—a confidence that rests basically on God’s consta…
16th Century
Protestant
For God is not unrighteous, etc. These words mean the same as if he had said that from good beginnings he hoped for a good end.
But…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For God is not unrighteous He is just and true, righteous in all his ways and works; there is no unrighteousness nor…
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There are things that are never separated from salvation; things that show the person to be in a state of salvation and which will end in eternal s…
13th Century
Catholic
Because the Apostle had said many seemingly harsh things about their state, he now writes to keep them from despair, showing the intention he had i…
