Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
John 15:2 - Revised Standard Version Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear 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 the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
and some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine and to cleanse them and to make them white, until the time of the end, for it is yet for the time appointed.
Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the Lord.
For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.
By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name, which thou hast given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree,
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.