In the life of a believer, spiritual growth and maturity are evidenced by the production of fruit. According to Galatians, this fruit includes qualities such as love, joy, and peace, which are the natural result of living in harmony with God's Spirit. As Jesus teaches in John, believers are chosen and appointed to bear fruit that will last, and apart from Him, they can do nothing. The books of James and Matthew also emphasize the importance of producing fruit that is consistent with repentance and a genuine faith, as seen in the way one lives and interacts with others, while John highlights the necessity of abiding in Christ to produce such fruit.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.