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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.
John 15:2 —
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Matthew Henry
(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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