Bible verses about "fruitfulness" | Living_Oracles

¹⁶ It is not you who have chosen me; but it is I who have chosen you, and ordained you to go and bear fruit: fruit which will prove permanent, that the Father may give you whatsoever you shall ask him in my name.

⁸ In this is my Father glorified, that you produce much fruit; so shall you be my disciples.

⁶ having this very confidence, that he who has begun a good work among you, will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.

⁵ And for this very reason, indeed, giving all diligence, add to your faith, courage; and to courage, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love: ⁸ for these things being in you, and abounding, make you to be neither slothful, nor unfruitful, in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he who has not these things, is blind, shutting his eyes, having become forgetful of the purification of his old sins.

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ For if a brother or a sister be naked, or destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and any one of you say to him, Depart in peace: be warmed, and be filled; yet give him none of the things needful for the body, what is the advantage? ¹⁷ So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone. ¹⁸ Also, one may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God; you do well: even the demons believe and tremble. ²⁰ Besides, would you know, O vain man, that faith, without works, is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he had lifted up Isaac, his son, upon the altar? ²² You see that his faith co-operated with his works, and by works his faith was perfected. ²³ And so that scripture was fulfilled, which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God." ²⁴ You see, that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. ²⁵ And in like manner, also, was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, having secretly received the messengers, and having sent them away by another road. ²⁶ For, as the body, without the spirit, is dead, so, also, faith, without works, is dead.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity, ²³ meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. ² Every barren branch in me, he lops off; every fruitful branch he cleans by pruning, to render it more fruitful. ³ As for you, you are already clean, through the instructions I have given you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I will abide in you; as the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing. ⁶ If any man abide not in me, he is cast forth like withered branches, which are gathered for fuel, and burnt. ⁷ If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you may ask what you will, and it shall be granted you. ⁸ In this is my Father glorified, that you produce much fruit; so shall you be my disciples. ⁹ As the Father loves me, so do I love you: continue in my love. ¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you shall continue in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love. ¹¹ I give you these admonitions, that I may continue to have joy in you, and that your joy may be complete. ¹² This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I love you. ¹³ No man has greater love than this, to lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. ¹⁵ Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his master will do: but I name you friends; for whatever I have learned from my Father, I impart to you. ¹⁶ It is not you who have chosen me; but it is I who have chosen you, and ordained you to go and bear fruit: fruit which will prove permanent, that the Father may give you whatsoever you shall ask him in my name. ¹⁷ This I command you, that you love one another. ¹⁸ If the world hate you, consider that it hated me, before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, I having selected you from the world, the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours. ²¹ But all this treatment they will give you on my account, because they know not him who sent me. ²² If I had not come, and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He that hates me, hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them such works as none other ever did, they had not had sin; but now they have seen them, and yet hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ Thus they verify that passage in their law, "They hated me without cause." ²⁶ But when the Advocate is come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify concerning me. ²⁷ And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.