but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

But these speak evil of whatever things they do not know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

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For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Nor is salt water able to produce sweet.

General references

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.