19 Bible Verses About Bearing Fruit

In the Bible, fruit is what a person, a tree or the gospel itself produces, and it can be good or bad. In John 15:1-16 Jesus calls himself the vine and his disciples the branches, which bear fruit by abiding in him. The Gospels also use fruit as a test: a tree is known by its fruit (Matthew 7:17-18; Matthew 12:33), and John the Baptist calls for “fruit in keeping with repentance” (Matthew 3:8). Paul lists the fruit of the…