What does John 15:7 mean?

John 15:7 KJV

John · chapter 15 · verse 7

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.John 15:7 · King James Version

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What John 15:7 means

This sits in the middle of the vine and the branches, so the promise belongs to a branch that's still attached. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you is two conditions, not throat-clearing. Ask what ye will comes after them, not instead of them.

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John 15:7 in context

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.

8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

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Commentary

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

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Key words (Strong's)

abidemenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
wordsrhēmathat which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word, any sound…G4487 →
doneginomaito becomeG1096 →
askaiteōto ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, requireG154 →

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