15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with (A)patience.[a]

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  1. Luke 8:15 endurance

15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

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36 (A)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, (B)you may receive the promise:

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36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B)

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which has come to you, (A)as it has also in all the world, and (B)is bringing forth [a]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew (C)the grace of God in truth;

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  1. Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing

that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(A) and growing throughout the whole world(B)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. (E)Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s (F)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 (G)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 (H)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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  1. Galatians 5:23 meekness

22 But the fruit(A) of the Spirit is love,(B) joy, peace,(C) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(D) Against such things there is no law.(E) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(F) with its passions and desires.(G) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(H) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(I) provoking and envying each other.

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The Test of Knowing Him

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C)

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Be Patient and Persevering

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord [a]is at hand.

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  1. James 5:8 has drawn near

Patience in Suffering

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(A) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(B) for the autumn and spring rains.(C) You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming(D) is near.(E)

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22 But (A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For (B)if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But (C)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (D)this one will be blessed in what he does.

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A) 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(B) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(C)

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10 (A)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing Him, (C)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the (D)knowledge of God;

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness (A)which are by Jesus Christ, (B)to the glory and praise of God.

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11 filled with the fruit of righteousness(A) that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (A)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (B)bear fruit to God.

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So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(A) through the body of Christ,(B) that you might belong to another,(C) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

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22 But now (A)having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit [a]to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

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  1. Romans 6:22 unto sanctification

22 But now that you have been set free from sin(A) and have become slaves of God,(B) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(C)

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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

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10 If you keep my commands,(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

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Jesus Promises Another Helper

15 (A)“If you love Me, [a]keep My commandments.

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  1. John 14:15 NU you will keep

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(A)

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