John 15:4
Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awoke thee. There thy mother was in travail with thee. There she who brought thee forth was in travail.
Ezekiel 15:2Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Luke 8:15But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.
John 6:68Simon Peter therefore answered him, Lord, to whom will we go? Thou have sayings of eternal life.
John 14:20In that day ye will know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John 17:23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be fully perfected in one, and so that the world may know that thou sent me, and loved them, just as thou loved me.
Matthew Henry on John 15:2-9
Christ the True Vine. 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same… Read the whole commentary →