John 15:2

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.
American Standard Version

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

Where it is preached

  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites John xv. 2

    …fruit, every true and living branch. “He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit,” John xv. 2. He prunes it, and that not for a day or two, but whilst it is a branch in this world. An…

  2. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon I cites John xv. 2

    … not so much he that liveth, as Christ in him. For these, see Job i. 11, 12, and iii. 20. John xv. 2, 3, 4. 1 Cor. i. 20, and ii. 2. You see now in plain terms, from the word of God, who are…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 4 cites John 15:2

    …thered; and men gather them,” not to plant them again, but “to cast them into the fire.” (John 15:2, 5, 6.) 9. Toward those who have never tasted of the good word, God is indeed pitiful and…

  4. The True Vine · Andrew Murray

    More Fruit cites John 15.2

    And Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth, That it May Bear More Fruit—John 15.2 The thought of fruit is so prominent in the eye of Him who sees things as they are, fruit…

  5. The True Vine · Andrew Murray

    The Cleansing cites John 15.2

    Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth It, That It May Bear More Fruit—John 15.2 There are two remarkable things about the vine. There is not a plant of which the fruit h…

  6. The True Vine · Andrew Murray

    The Branch cites John 15.2

    Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away—John 15.2 Here we have one of the chief words of the parable—branch. A vine needs branches: without…

  7. The True Vine · Andrew Murray

    The Fruit cites John 15.2

    Every Branch in me That Beareth Not Fruit, He Taketh It Away—John 15.2 Fruit.—This is the next great word we have: the Vine, the Husbandman, the branch, the fru…

  8. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of August cites John 15:2

    …: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit" John 15:2 This is a precious promise to one who lives for fruitfulness. At first it seems to wear a…

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