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11 having produced the harvest[a] of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

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  1. 1.11 Gk fruit

11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.(A)

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My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become[a] my disciples.(A)

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  1. 15.8 Or be

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.(A) I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

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10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(A)

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The Fruit of the Spirit

22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,(A) 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

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17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit[a] that accumulates to your account.(A)

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  1. 4.17 Gk fruit

17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(A) 18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(B)

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  1. 3.18 Or justice

10 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.(A) 11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.(B)

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that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.(A)

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11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
    to spring up before all the nations.(A)

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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A) 16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

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12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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for the fruit of the light[a] is found in all that is good and right and true.

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  1. 5.9 Other ancient authorities read of the Spirit

14 this[a] is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.(A)

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  1. 1.14 Other ancient authorities read who

31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(A)

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22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(A)

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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.(A)

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14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory,[a] which is the Spirit of God,[b] is resting on you.[c](A)

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  1. 4.14 Other ancient authorities add and of power
  2. 4.14 Or spirit of glory and of God
  3. 4.14 Other ancient authorities add On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified

12 Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.[a](A)

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  1. 2.12 Gk God on the day of visitation

like living stones let yourselves be built[a] into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.5 Or you yourselves are being built

10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.(A)

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12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

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10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.[a]

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  1. 9.10 Or benevolence