John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are you unable, unless you abide in me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who ascends from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved?
Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
Luke 8:15But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.
John 6:68Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
John 14:20In that day, you shall know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
John 17:23I am in them, and you are in me. So may they be perfected as one. And may the world know that you have sent me and that you have loved them, just as you have also 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 →