John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
3Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.
Cross References
Luke 8:15But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.
John 6:68Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, unto whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal 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 thou in me, that they may be perfected in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou hast loved them, as me also thou hast loved.
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 →