5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Commentary
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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