John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up, and they gather the branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned up.

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In The King James Version

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

In Context

5I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.

7If you remain in me, and if my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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Cross References

Job 15:30He will not depart out of darkness; + 15:30 Several modern versions leave out He will not depart out of darkness , because they believe that this expression was mistakenly copied from 15:22. 1 a flame will dry up his stalks; 1 at the breath of God's mouth he will go away. + 15:30 The Hebrew text has He will go away by the breath of his mouth , which some modern versions, including the ULB and UDB, interpret as meaning the breath of God's mouth. However, other modern versions follow an ancient Greek reading, his flower will fall with the wind . 1

Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away. 1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit. 1

Ezekiel 15:3Do people take wood from a vine to make anything? Or do they make a peg from it to hang anything on it?

Ezekiel 19:12But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the earth, and an eastern wind dried out its fruit. 1 Its strong branches were broken off and withered and fire consumed them. 1

Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 27:5Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went out and hanged himself.

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 →

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