Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
John 15:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. American Standard Version (1901) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Common English Bible He removes any of my branches that don’t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit. |
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Therefore, by this the iniquity of Ya`akov will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the incense altars shall rise no more.
The humble also will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Yisra'el.
Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.*
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
He spoke another parable to them. *The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.*
But he answered, *Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, *Let there be no fruit from you forever!* Immediately the fig tree withered away.
For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.
*Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.*
Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.*
Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
*In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my talmidim.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.