Are fruits the same as works?
Are fruits the same as works?
FRUITS are not the same as WORKS.
WORKS can be UNFRUITFUL.
For example, Paul wrote about "the UNFRUITFUL WORKS (of) darkness" (Ephesians 5:11).
FRUITS usually would come as a reward after that someone did the necessary WORKS.
For example, it is written about the "FRUIT of Your WORKS" (Psalms 104:13). There is here a singular FRUIT of several WORKS.
Paul similarly wrote about "FRUIT (from) WORK" (Phillipians 1:22)
FRUITS coming as a reward after that someone did the necessary WORKS could be illustrated with the following verse: "the LAND-WORKER waits-for the precious FRUIT (of) the land, being-patient with it until it-receives (the) early and late (rain)" (James 5:7). The Greek word "LAND-WORKER" (geórgos 1092 in Greek, noun) comes from "land" (gé 1093 in Greek, noun) and the base of "WORK" (ergon 2041 in Greek, noun). In this passage, the "LAND-WORKER" (James 5:7) would already have done WORKS, yet he still "waits-for the precious FRUIT" (James 5:7) that would not have come yet, "being-patient with it" (James 5:7).
It is written in 2 Peter: "these (qualities) being-present (in) you and increasing make (you) neither NON-WORKING nor UNFRUITFUL in the knowledge (of) our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 1:8). The Greek word for "NON-WORKING" (argos 692 in Greek, adjective) comes from "alpha" (alpha 1 in Greek, noun) as a negative particle, and "WORK" (ergon 2041 in Greek, noun). The words "NON-WORKING" (2 Peter 1:8) and "UNFRUITFUL (2 Peter 1:8) are separated by the conjunction "nor" (2 Peter 1:8).
This can explain why Paul wrote that "our (people must) also be-learning to-take-the-lead (in) good WORKS for necessary needs, in-order-that THEY-MAY not BE-UNFRUITFUL" (Titus 3:14). Paul did not write that the people must be learning to take the lead in good works in order that they "will" not BE-UNFRUITFUL, but Paul wrote that the people must be learning to take the lead in good works in order that "THEY-MAY not BE-UNFRUITFUL" (Titus 3:14). The Greek word for "THEY-MAY" is in the Subjunctive mood, which is the mood of possibility and potentiality, meaning that the action described may or may not occur, depending upon other conditions.
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