Martin Luther on Galatians 6:10

Verſe. 10. Therefore vvhile vve haue time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but ſpecially to thoſe that be of the houſehold of Faith. This is the knitting vp of his exhortation for the liberall maintaining and nouriſhing of the Miniſters of the word, & geuing of almes to all ſuch as haue neede. As if he had ſayd: Let vs doe good while it is day, for when night cometh we can no lōger worke. In deede men worke many things when the light of ye truth is taken away,Iohn. 9.4. but all in vaine: for they walke in darkenes and wotte not whether they goe, and therfore all their life,Iohn. 12.35. workes, ſufferings and death are in vaine. And by theſe wordes he toucheth the Galathians. As if he ſhould ſay: Except ye continue in the ſound doctrine which ye haue receaued of me, your working of much good, your ſuffering of many troubles, and ſuch other things profite you nothing: as he ſayd before in the .3. chapter. Haue ye ſuffered ſo many things in vaine? And by a new kinde of ſpeech he termeth thoſe the houſhold of Faith which are ioyned with vs in the felowſhip of Faith,The houſhold of faith. among whom the Miniſters of the word are the chiefeſt, and then all the reſt of the faithfull.