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Joh 15:2 Strong Concordance Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit . . . every branch that beareth fruit--As in a fruit tree, some branches may be fruitful, others quite barren, according as there is a vital connection between the branch and the stock, or no vital connection; so the disciples of Christ may be spiritually fruitful or the reverse, according as they are vitally and spiritually connected with Christ, or but externally and mechanically attached to Him. The fruitless He "taketh away" (see on Joh 15:6); the fruitful He "purgeth" (cleanseth, pruneth)--stripping it, as the husbandman does, of what is rank (Mar 4:19), "that it may bring forth more fruit"; a process often painful, but no less needful and beneficial than in the natural husbandry.
 
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19 And [2532] the cares [3308] of this [5127] world [165], and [2532] the deceitfulness [539] of riches [4149], and [2532] the lusts [1939] of [4012] other things [3062] entering in [1531], choke [4846] the word [3056], and [2532] it becometh [1096] unfruitful [175].
6 If [3362] a man [5100] abide [3306] not [3362] in [1722] me [1698], he is cast [906] forth [1854] as [5613] a branch [2814], and [2532] is withered [3583]; and [2532] men gather [4863] them [846], and [2532] cast [906] them into [1519] the fire [4442], and [2532] they are burned [2545].
5 So Jonah [03124] went out [03318] of the city [05892], and sat [03427] on the east side [06924] of the city [05892], and there made [06213] him a booth [05521], and sat [03427] under it in the shadow [06738], till he might see [07200] what would become of the city [05892].
6 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] prepared [04487] a gourd [07021], and made it to come up [05927] over Jonah [03124], that it might be a shadow [06738] over his head [07218], to deliver [05337] him from his grief [07451]. So Jonah [03124] was exceeding [01419] [08057] glad [08055] of the gourd [07021].
7 But God [0430] prepared [04487] a worm [08438] when the morning [07837] rose [05927] the next day [04283], and it smote [05221] the gourd [07021] that it withered [03001].
8 And it came to pass, when the sun [08121] did arise [02224], that God [0430] prepared [04487] a vehement [02759] east [06921] wind [07307]; and the sun [08121] beat [05221] upon the head [07218] of Jonah [03124], that he fainted [05968], and wished [07592] in himself [05315] to die [04191], and said [0559], It is better [02896] for me to die [04194] than to live [02416].
9 And God [0430] said [0559] to Jonah [03124], Doest thou well [03190] to be angry [02734] for the gourd [07021]? And he said [0559], I do well [03190] to be angry [02734], even unto death [04194].
10 Then said [0559] the LORD [03068], Thou hast had pity [02347] on the gourd [07021], for the which thou hast not laboured [05998], neither madest it grow [01431]; which came up in a night [01121] [03915], and perished [06] in a night [01121] [03915]:
11 And should not I spare [02347] Nineveh [05210], that great [01419] city [05892], wherein are [03426] more [07235] than sixscore [08147] [06240] thousand [07239] persons [0120] that cannot discern [03045] between their right hand [03225] and their left hand [08040]; and also much [07227] cattle [0929]?
16 Ye shall know [1921] them [846] by [575] their [846] fruits [2590] [3385]. Do men gather [4816] grapes [4718] of [575] thorns [173], or [2228] figs [4810] of [575] thistles [5146]?
17 Even so [3779] every [3956] good [18] tree [1186] bringeth forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590]; but [1161] a corrupt [4550] tree [1186] bringeth forth [4160] evil [4190] fruit [2590].
18 A good [18] tree [1186] cannot [3756] [1410] bring forth [4160] evil [4190] fruit [2590], neither [3761] can a corrupt [4550] tree [1186] bring forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590].
19 Every [3956] tree [1186] that bringeth [4160] not [3361] forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590] is hewn down [1581], and [2532] cast [906] into [1519] the fire [4442].
20 Wherefore [686] by [575] their [846] fruits [2590] ye shall know [1921] them [846].
22 But [1161] the fruit [2590] of the Spirit [4151] is [2076] love [26], joy [5479], peace [1515], longsuffering [3115], gentleness [5544], goodness [19], faith [4102],
23 Meekness [4236], temperance [1466]: against [2596] such [5108] there is [2076] no [3756] law [3551].
21 Yet [1161] hath he [2192] not [3756] root [4491] in [1722] himself [1438], but [235] dureth [2076] for a while [4340]: for [1161] when tribulation [2347] or [2228] persecution [1375] ariseth [1096] because [1223] of the word [3056], by and by [2117] he is offended [4624].
22 He also [1161] that received seed [4687] among [1519] the thorns [173] is [2076] he that [3778] heareth [191] the word [3056]; and [2532] the care [3308] of this [5127] world [165], and [2532] the deceitfulness [539] of riches [4149], choke [4846] the word [3056], and [2532] he becometh [1096] unfruitful [175].
23 For [3754] the husband [435] is [2076] the head [2776] of the wife [1135], even [2532] as [5613] Christ [5547] is the head [2776] of the church [1577]: and [2532] he [846] is [2076] the saviour [4990] of the body [4983].
5 And [2532] now [3568] I beseech [2065] thee [4571], lady [2959], not [3756] as though [5613] I wrote [1125] [1125] a new [2537] commandment [1785] unto thee [4671], but [235] that which [3739] we had [2192] from [575] the beginning [746], that [2443] we love [25] one another [240].
2 Bear ye [941] one another's [240] burdens [922], and [2532] so [3779] fulfil [378] the law [3551] of Christ [5547].
12 This [3778] is [2076] my [1699] commandment [1785], That [2443] ye love [25] one another [240], as [2531] I have loved [25] you [5209].
10 If [1437] ye keep [5083] my [3450] commandments [1785], ye shall abide [3306] in [1722] my [3450] love [26]; even as [2531] I [1473] have kept [5083] my [3450] Father's [3962] commandments [1785], and [2532] abide [3306] in [1722] his [846] love [26].
4 Abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] you [5213]. As [2531] the branch [2814] cannot [3756] [1410] bear [5342] fruit [2590] of [575] itself [1438], except [3362] it abide [3306] in [1722] the vine [288]; no more [3761] [3779] can ye [5210], except [3362] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698].
4 Abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] you [5213]. As [2531] the branch [2814] cannot [3756] [1410] bear [5342] fruit [2590] of [575] itself [1438], except [3362] it abide [3306] in [1722] the vine [288]; no more [3761] [3779] can ye [5210], except [3362] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698].
10 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] to him [846], He that is washed [3068] needeth [5532] not [3756] [2192] save [2228] to wash [3538] his feet [4228], but [235] is [2076] clean [2513] every whit [3650]: and [2532] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513], but [235] not [3780] all [3956].
3 Now [2235] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513] through [1223] the word [3056] which [3739] I have spoken [2980] unto you [5213].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
8 And [1161] many [4183] spread [4766] their [846] garments [2440] in [1519] the way [3598]: and [1161] others [243] cut down [2875] branches [4746] off [1537] the trees [1186], and [2532] strawed [4766] them in [1519] the way [3598].
32 Now [1161] learn [3129] a parable [3850] of [575] the fig tree [4808]; When [3752] his [846] branch [2798] is [1096] yet [2235] tender [527], and [2532] putteth forth [1631] leaves [5444], ye know [1097] that [3754] summer [2330] is nigh [1451]:
10 For [1063] they verily [3303] for [4314] a few [3641] days [2250] chastened [3811] us after [2596] their own [846] pleasure [1380]; but [1161] he for [1909] our profit [4851], that [1519] we might be partakers [3335] of his [846] holiness [41].
11 Now [1161] no [3956] [3756] chastening [3809] for [4314] [3303] the present [3918] seemeth [1380] to be [1511] joyous [5479], but [235] grievous [3077]: nevertheless [1161] afterward [5305] it yieldeth [591] the peaceable [1516] fruit [2590] of righteousness [1343] unto them which are exercised [1128] thereby [1223] [846].
22 Seeing ye have purified [48] your [5216] souls [5590] in [1722] obeying [5218] the truth [225] through [1223] the Spirit [4151] unto [1519] unfeigned [505] love of the brethren [5360], see that ye love [25] one another [240] with [1537] a pure [2513] heart [2588] fervently [1619]: