John 15:2
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2 (A)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit (B)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, (C)that it may bear more fruit.
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Matthew 3:10
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10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Hebrews 12:10-11
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10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (A)that we may share his holiness. 11 (B)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields (C)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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Matthew 15:13
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13 He answered, (A)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted (B)will be rooted up.
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Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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Luke 13:7-9
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7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. (A)Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
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John 15:8
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8 (A)By this my Father is glorified, that you (B)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
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Matthew 13:12
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12 (A)For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, (B)even what he has will be taken away.
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1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
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Hebrews 6:7-8
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7 For (A)land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But (B)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (C)and its end is to be burned.
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Matthew 3:12
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12 His (A)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (B)gather his wheat into the barn, (C)but the chaff he will burn with (D)unquenchable fire.”
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Job 17:9
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9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has (A)clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Matthew 21:19
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19 (A)And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
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Philippians 1:9-11
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9 And it is my prayer that (A)your love may abound more and more, (B)with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, (C)and so be pure and blameless (D)for the day of Christ, 11 filled (E)with the fruit of righteousness that comes (F)through Jesus Christ, (G)to the glory and praise of God.
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Luke 8:13
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13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it (A)with joy. But these have no root; they (B)believe for a while, and in time of testing (C)fall away.
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
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Malachi 3:3
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3 He will sit (A)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring (B)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a]
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- Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
1 John 2:19
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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together (A)for good,[a] for (B)those who are called according to his purpose.
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- Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good
John 15:16
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16 You did not choose me, but (A)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (B)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (C)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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Psalm 51:7-13
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7 Purge me (A)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
(B)wash me, and I shall be (C)whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
(D)let the bones (E)that you have broken rejoice.
9 (F)Hide your face from my sins,
and (G)blot out all my iniquities.
10 (H)Create in me a (I)clean heart, O God,
and (J)renew a right[a] spirit within me.
11 (K)Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not (L)your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will (M)return to you.
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- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
Colossians 1:5-10
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5 because of (A)the hope (B)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in (C)the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed (D)in the whole world it is (E)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you (F)heard it and understood (G)the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from (H)Epaphras our beloved (I)fellow servant.[a] He is (J)a faithful minister of Christ on your[b] behalf 8 and has made known to us your (K)love in the Spirit.
9 And so, (L)from the day we heard, (M)we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that (N)you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all (O)spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as (P)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (Q)fully pleasing to him: (R)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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- Colossians 1:7 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word sundoulos, see Preface
- Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts our
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