A New Creature. . . an Apostolic Pentecostal blog

I'm doing a study on fruit in the Bible.  I thought I'd share the verse speaking of the creation of fruit trees and a list I made of the occurrences of the phrase "Fruit of": Genesis 1:11-12 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (12) And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 1. The fruit of a (all) (manner of) (the) tree(s) : Gen 1:29, Gen 3:2, Gen 3:3, Exo 10:15, Lev 27:30, Neh 10:35, Neh 10:37, Eze 36:30 2. The fruit of the (their) ground : Gen 4:3, Deu 28:4, Psa 105:35, Jeremiah 7:20 3. The (beloved) fruit of the (thy) womb : Gen 30:2, Deu 7:13, Psa 127:3, Isa 13:18, Hos 9:16, Luk 1:42 4. The fruit of the (thy) land : Lev 23:39, Num 13:20, Num 13:26, Deu 1:25, Deu 7:13, Deu 28:18,...

When I was on vacation I found at Goodwill a translation of the New Testament that I had never seen before. It is called, " The New Testament: An Expanded Translation ." It reminds me very much of the Amplified Bible translation, which I have enjoyed for several years, but this one is expanded based on the original Greek words and not on the English words. It also, as far as it would be intelligible, maintains the Greek word order and punctuation. Here is the verse that led to what I am writing tonight: KJV Matthew 3:7-8 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (8) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: AET But, having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who gave you a private, confidential hint that you should be fleeing from the wrath about to break at any moment? ...