Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Ver. 10. Well reported of, &c.] "A good name is better than precious ointment," Ecclesiastes 7:1; and "rather to be chosen than great riches," Proverbs 22:1. Provident we must be to preserve it, learning of the unjust steward by lawful, though he did it by unlawful, means; for our Saviour noted this defect, when he said, "The children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light," Luke 16:8 .