Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Ye shall know them by their fruits - The Saviour gives the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flowers may be beautiful and fragrant, the foliage thick and green; but these are merely ornamental. It is the "fruit" that is of chief service to man; and he forms his opinion of the nature and value of the tree by that fruit. So of pretensions to religion. The profession may be fair; but the "conduct" - the fruit - is to determine the nature of the principles.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 7:16:
Matthew 3:8
Matthew 7:28-29
Luke 6:20-49
John 15:2
James 2:18
1 John 3:7
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