John 15:4
Remain in me and I in you. As the sarig is not able to bear p'ri from itself, unless it remains on the gefen (vine), so neither are you, unless you remain in me.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3You are already metoharim (clean) because of the dvar which I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this that cometh up from the midbar, 1 leaning upon her beloved? 1 Under the tapuach (apple tree) I awakened thee; 1 it was there thy em conceived thee; 1 there she who brought thee forth conceived thee. 1
Ezekiel 15:2Ben adam, how is the etz hagefen (wood of the grapevine) better than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Luke 8:15Now the one in the adamah tova (good ground), these are those who have heard the dvar Hashem with a lev (heart) tov and yashir (straight), and retain the dvar Hashem and bear pri with savlanut (patience).
John 6:68In reply, Shim'on Kefa said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, to whom will we go? You have the divrei haChayyei Olam.
John 14:20On Yom Hahu (that day) you will have da'as that I am in HaAv of me and you are in me and I am in you.
John 17:23I in them and You in me that they may become tamim (perfect) in Achdut (Unity) that the Olam Hazeh may have da'as that You sent me, and had ahavah for them, just as You have ahavah for 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 →