John 15:2
every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1“I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;
3you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
Cross References
Job 17:9And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, || And the clean of hands adds strength.
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, || Going and brightening until the day is established,
Isaiah 29:19And the humble have added joy in YHWH, || And the poor among men || Rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Malachi 3:3And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, || And He has purified the sons of Levi, || And has refined them as gold and as silver, || And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness.
Matthew 3:12whose fan [is] in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His floor, and will gather His wheat into the storehouse, but He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 13:33Another allegory He spoke to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.”
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 →