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

And

May

General references

Numbers 19:18

Mark 4:25

Bible References

Branch

While I was with them,
I was protecting them by Your name
that You have given Me.
I guarded them and not one of them is lost,
except the son of destruction,

so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

He replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

And

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Therefore Jacob’s iniquity will be purged in this way,
and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:
when he makes all the altar stones
like crushed bits of chalk,
no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel.

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.

He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

For our momentary light affliction

is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.

May

My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be My disciples.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel

General references

A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who had been killed.

For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”