John 15:4
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it remains part of the vine, so it is for you: you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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In Context
3You are already pruned and made clean through what I've told you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming in from the wilderness holding her love close to her? I woke you up under the apple tree where your mother conceived you, and where she gave birth to you.
Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, is wood from a vine better than the wood from any other tree in the forest?
Luke 8:15The seeds sown on good earth are those who are honest and do what is right. They hear the message of truth, hold on to it, and through their perseverance produce a good harvest.
John 6:68Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who would we follow? You're the one who has the words of eternal life.
John 14:20On that day you will know that I live in the Father, you live in me, and I live in you.
John 17:23I live in them, and you live in me. May they be completely one, so the whole world will know that you did send me, and that you love them, just as you love 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 →