John 15:8
My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit, and by doing so you will be my disciples.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
In Context
9Just as the Father has loved me, so have I 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 the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.
John 15:5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or do anything, do it all 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 →