John 15:4
remain in Me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither you, if you may not remain in Me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Who [is] this coming from the wilderness, || Hastening herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have awoken you, || There your mother pledged you, || There she [who] bore you gave a pledge.
Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, || What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that has been, || Among trees of the forest?
Luke 8:15And that in the good ground: these are they who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, retain [it], and bear fruit in continuance.
John 6:68Simon Peter, therefore, answered Him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have sayings of continuous life;
John 14:20in that day you will know that I [am] in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you;
John 17:23I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them as You 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 →