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Matthew 3:8

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Bring forth therefore fruits,.... That is, if you are truly penitent, if you have a proper sense of sin, and true repentance for it, do such works as are suitable to it, and will show the genuineness of it; forfruits meet for repentance are the same as "works meet for repentance", Ac 26:20 and as a tree is known by its fruit, so repentance is known by good works; these are the fruits and effects of repentance, and which are proofs with men of the sincerity of it.

Those which follow upon evangelical repentance are such as are mentioned in 2Co 7:11.

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