Similarly, in writing to the Greek churches of the Aegean world, after they had attained a certain stage of development, Paul found it needful to insist that the Christian life must bear witness to itself in works and in godliness. He had never thought or implied that faith was sufficient which bore no fruit in life and in act. He had always understood faith to be an intense overmastering fervor which necessarily worked itself out in character and conduct.
from page 102, Historical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles
from page 102, Historical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles