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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: 6:8.)
The Gospel entails persecution. The Gospel is that kind of a doctrine.
Furthermore, the disciples of the Gospel are not all dependable. Many
embrace the Gospel today and tomorrow discard it. To preach the Gospel
for praise is bad business especially when people stop praising you. Find
your praise in the testimony of a good conscience.
This passage may also be applied to other work besides the ministry. When
an official, a servant, a teacher minds his business and performs his duty
faithfully without concerning himself about matters that are not in his line
he may rejoice in himself. The best commendation of any work is to know
that one has done the work that God has given him well and that God is
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