Ezekiel, Jonah, and Pastoral Epistles by Patrick Fairbairn - Titus 3:8 - 3:8

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Ezekiel, Jonah, and Pastoral Epistles by Patrick Fairbairn - Titus 3:8 - 3:8


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Ver. 8. Faithful is this saying (that, namely, contained in the immediately preceding verses respecting God’s method of procedure in respect to salvation; for the form of expression, see at 1Ti_1:5); and concerning these things I would have thee strenuously affirm ( äéáâåâáéïῦóèáé , make asseveration; see at 1Ti_1:7), to the end that they who have believed God be careful to practise good works ðñïÀóôáóèáé , set forward, practise such works. The governing verb öñïíôßæåéí , which is sometimes, though rarely, as here, followed by an infinitive, nowhere again occurs in Scripture; but it denotes the application of earnest and continued thought, a careful striving of soul in this direction, that the belief in the doctrines of the gospel should be substantiated by a steady performance of its commanded duties. These things—namely, the things involved in this practical teaching and concern—are good and profitable to men: in themselves good ( êáëὰ ), and in their tendency and results profitable ( ὠöÝëéìá ) to others.