John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

Christ gives us this mark so we need not reject all teachers in blind suspicion. If we held every minister suspect with no way to tell the true from the false, we would have to seal our ears against them all. Judge them, but judge wisely and with just discretion by their fruits, not by the mere cry of danger.

AI summary

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

False prophets are false teachers dressed in sheep's clothing but inwardly ravening wolves. Some claim divine warrant they do not have; others preach doctrines contrary to the truth as it is in Jesus. Either way, they come to poison souls under the pretense of healing them.

AI summary

Commenting on Matthew 7:15-20

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

The tree makes the fruit good, not the fruit that makes the tree good. A good minister first receives gifts and graces of the Spirit, then brings forth sound doctrine; a corrupt preacher, destitute of truth, will deliver corrupt doctrine that tends to corrupt the souls of those who hear him.

AI summary