John 15:8
By this My Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and you will become My disciples.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
In Context
9“Just as the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
Cross References
Matthew 5:44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word, truly you are My disciples.
John 15:5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 10:31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.
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 →