Mateus 3:8

8 Deem fruto que mostre o arrependimento!

Mateus 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 3:8

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; for

fruits meet for repentance
are the same as "works meet for repentance", ( Acts 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 ( 2 Corinthians 7:11 ) . Now let it be observed, that John insisted upon repentance, and a good conversation, attesting the truth of it as necessary prerequisites to the ordinance of baptism; and so Peter first urged repentance; and then proposed baptism, ( Acts 2:38 ) from whence one should think it may be rationally and strongly concluded, that none but truly repenting sinners, and such who have given proofs that they are so, are to be admitted to this ordinance.

Mateus 3:8 In-Context

6 Confessando os seus pecados, eram batizados por ele no rio Jordão.
7 Quando viu que muitos fariseus e saduceus vinham para onde ele estava batizando, disse-lhes: “Raça de víboras! Quem deu a vocês a ideia de fugir da ira que se aproxima?
8 Deem fruto que mostre o arrependimento!
9 Não pensem que vocês podem dizer a si mesmos: ‘Abraão é nosso pai’. Pois eu digo que destas pedras Deus pode fazer surgir filhos a Abraão.
10 O machado já está posto à raiz das árvores, e toda árvore que não der bom fruto será cortada e lançada ao fogo.
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