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John 15:5 KJV
John · chapter 15 · verse 5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.John 15:5 · King James Version
What John 15:5 means
A branch doesn't strain to produce grapes. It stays attached, and the fruit follows. Without me ye can do nothing is the half people skip, and it's the reason the verse gets quoted at all. Abiding isn't a burst of effort — it's staying put.
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John 15:5 in context
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4Abide 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.
5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6If 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.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Commentary
Cross references
- Philippians 4:13
- Colossians 1:10
- John 15:16
- Galatians 5:22
- Proverbs 11:30
- 2 Corinthians 13:8
- John 5:19
- James 1:17
Key words (Strong's)
- branchesklēmaa tender and flexible branch, spec. the shoot or branch of a vine, a vine sproutG2814 →
- abidethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- nothingouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- forthpherōto carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one s self, to move by bearing move or, to…G5342 →
- fruitkarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
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Here Christ discourses concerning the fruit, the fruits of the Spirit, which his disciples were to bring forth, under the similitude of a vine. Observe here, I. The doctrine of this similitude; what notion we ought to have of it. 1. That Jesus Christ is the vine, the true vine.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8