John 15:8
"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
In Context
7"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.
9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
Cross References
Matthew 5:44"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
John 8:31So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;
John 15:5"I am the Vine you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because apart from me you can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 10:31Because whether you are eating or whether you are drinking, you are to 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 →