Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. But more than this. I must be "well-doing." The Greek word expresses beauty, and this enters into the apostolic thought. True piety is lovely. Just so far as it comes short in the beautiful, it becomes monstrous. But as used by Paul it goes far beyond this, and signifies all moral excellence. Activity is not enough; for activity the intensest may be evil. Lucifer is as active, as constantly and earnestly, as Gabriel. But the one is a fiend and the other a seraph. Any activity that is not good is a curse always and only. Better be dead, inert matter — a stone, a clod — than a stinging reptile, or a destroying demon. And herein lies the great practical change in regeneration. It transforms the mere doer into a well-doer. It is not so much a change in the energy as in the direction. "We must be doing good." (C. Wadsworth, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.WEB: Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. |
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