Titus 1:16-2:1
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.
Sickness multiplies by corruption; soundness by reproduction.
Everything increases. Either you get more sickness or more soundness. The difference, however, is that as sickness increases, it consumes more and more of what it needs in order to spread, eventually consuming the host entirely.
In other words, that which cannot go on forever, won't
But soundness increases by reproduction. It is making more of something. It turns oneness into thirty and sixty and even one hundred-foldness.
When it comes to marriage, oneness beats multiplication.
Oneness is more fruitful than multiplying spouses.
But when it comes to discipleship, multiplication beats division.
A husband and wife united will multiply disciples and see many raised up from within their walls and many reached from beyond their walls through hospitality and intentionality.
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