First fruit scriptures in the new testament

Here are some scriptures in the New Testament that mention fruit:

  1. Matthew 3:8-10: John the Baptist preached a message of repentance and baptized people, saying, "Bear fruit in keeping with repentance." (NIV)
  2. Matthew 7:15-20: Jesus warned against false prophets, saying, "You will recognize them by their fruit. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?" (NIV)
  3. John 15:1-8: Jesus used the metaphor of a vine and its fruit to describe his relationship with his disciples, saying, "This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." (NIV)
  4. John 15:16: Jesus told his disciples, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you." (NIV)
  5. Romans 6:22: Paul wrote, "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (NIV)
  6. Galatians 5:22-23: Paul listed the fruit of the Spirit, saying, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." (NIV)
  7. Ephesians 5:9-10: Paul wrote, "The fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth; find out what pleases the Lord." (NIV)
  8. Colossians 1:10: Paul prayed for believers, saying, "That you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." (NIV)
  9. Hebrews 12:11: The writer of Hebrews encouraged believers, saying, "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." (NIV)

These scriptures highlight the importance of bearing fruit in our lives as followers of Jesus Christ.