John 15:2
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1I, am the real vine, and, my Father, is, the husbandman.
3Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:
Cross References
Job 17:9That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
Proverbs 4:18But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,—going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
Isaiah 29:19And again shall the humbled in Yahweh, have joy,—And the needy of mankind in the Holy One of Israel, exult;
Malachi 3:3Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.
Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing-floor,—and will gather his wheat into the granary, but, the chaff, will he burn up with fire unquenchable.
Matthew 13:33Another parable, [spake he unto them]:—The kingdom of the heavens is like, unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until, the whole, was leavened.
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 →