Good Fruits

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? — read the full passage →

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He isa shield to them that walk in integrity;

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. — read the full passage →

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; — read the full passage →

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

And he was parted from them about a stone’s cast; and he kneeled down and prayed,

And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him.

Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.

And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

These things command and teach.

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned: — read the full passage →

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. — read the full passage →

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. — read the full passage →

No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.