And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
CHAPTER 3 Titus 3:1-3 1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 1. Admone illos principibus et potestatibus subditos esse dicto oboedire ad omne opus bonum paratos esse 2. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 2.
Commenting on Titus 3:1-15
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...
Commenting on Titus 3:9-15
And let ours also learn to maintain good works,.... By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment of life is a good work; and which ought to be maintained, attended to, and followed, and to be learnt, in order to be followed.