John 15:4
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this who comes up from the wilderness,leaning on her beloved?Under the apple tree I aroused you.There your mother conceived you.There she was in labor and bore you.
Ezekiel 15:2"Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Luke 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have 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 you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved 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 →