8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) …
I 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.
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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