John 15:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Branch

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May

General references

Mark 4:25

Bible References

Branch

While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

"Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

"Those on the rock are people who, upon hearing, receive the word with joy; but they have no root. For a time indeed they all believe, but in time of temptation they fall away.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal.

For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God;

They came forth from us, but they did not belong to us. If they had belonged to us they would certainly have remained with us, but they went out that they might be manifest that they all are not of us.

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His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."

"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

And it is my prayer that your love may abound yet more and more in intelligence and insight

May the God of peace consecrate you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God;

For they only disciplined us for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, that we may share his holiness.

All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal and repent.

May

"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.

General references

For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."