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Even so, every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
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Character Precedes Conduct
Commentators emphasize a crucial sequence: a tree is good before it produces good fruit. In the same way, a person's good actions (fruit) do not make them good; rather, their actions reveal their inner nature (the tree). Our conduct flows from our character, not the other way around. As John Gill notes, a person is made good by God's grace first, and then they produce good works.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A corrupt tree. The word corrupt here does not mean, as our translation would seem to indicate, that the tree had been good, but …
19th Century
Anglican
Even so every good tree... —The two verses state nearly the same fact, but each presents a different aspect. First, the fact is st…
Baptist
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil …
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From a distance the little black berries on the buckthorn could be mistaken for grapes, and the flowers on certain thistles might deceive one into …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit
As is the tree, so is its fruit; if the tree is good, it w…
Nothing prevents people so much from entering the strait gate, and becoming true followers of Christ, as the carnal, soothing, flattering doctrines…
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13th Century
Catholic
He gives precautions concerning those against whom one should be on guard. Now, they are described by their profession as prophets.
But one …
