Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Such as are otherwise (ta allwv exonta). "Those (deeds, erga) which have it otherwise." That is good deeds not clearly manifest.
Cannot be hid (krubhnai ou dunantai). Second aorist passive infinitive of kruptw. There is comfort here for modest preachers and other believers whose good deeds are not known and not blazoned forth. They will come out in the end. See Matthew 5:14-16.
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