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Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
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Faith Must Be Fruitful
Commentators stress that Christian faith is not a passive belief system. Paul urges believers to "learn to maintain good works" so they are not "unfruitful." This is a broad command including honest work, acts of charity, and an upright life, demonstrating that genuine faith produces tangible, positive results.
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Titus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And let ours. Our friends; that is, those who were Christians. Paul had just directed Titus to aid Zenas and Apollos himself; and he here …
Our people (ο ημετερο). "Our folks." The Cretan converts, not just Paul's friends.
Let learn (μανθανετωσαν…
19th Century
Anglican
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses.—“Ours,” that is, those who with St. Paul and Titus in …
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Baptist
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. All that are with me salute thee. Greet them th…
Titus need not carry the burden alone. By appealing to the churches for further funds, he has an opportunity to train them in the practice of “doin…
16th Century
Protestant
And let ours also learn to excel in good works. So that the Cretans, on whom he places this burden, might not complain of being burdened w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And let ours also learn to maintain good works By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render t…
Christianity is not a fruitless profession; and its followers must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the gl…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the Apostle taught Titus what to propose when instructing his people. Now he shows what to avoid in his teaching.
The …
