2Every 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.
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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. …
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here Christ discourses concerning the fruit, the fruits of the Spirit , which his disciples were to bring forth, under the similitude of a vine. Observe here, I. The doctrine of this similitude; what notion we ought to have of it. 1. That Jesus Christ is the vine, the true vine . It is an instance of the humility of Christ that he is pleased to speak of himself under low and humble comparisons. He…
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