John 15:4–8
Jesus is the vine; apart from him we can do nothing
Study it word by word4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like the branch and withers; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
In its context
2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that bears fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.
3You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
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9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love.
10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
Its words in the original
- μείνατεmeinate· remain
Stay, remain.
- κἀγὼkagō· and I, I also
And I, I too.
- κλῆμαklēma· branch
Branch of a vine.
- δύναταιdynatai· can, be able
Can, be able.
- καρπὸνkarpon· fruit
Fruit; also the result of what someone does.
- φέρεινpherein· carry, bring
Carry, bring.
- ἀμπέλῳampelōi· vine
Vine, grapevine.
- εἰμιeimi· be
Be, exist.
- πολύνpolyn· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- χωρὶςchōris· without, apart from
Without, apart from.
- ποιεῖνpoiein· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- ἐβλήθηeblēthē· throw, put
Throw, cast; also put.
- ἔξωexō· outside
Outside, out.
- ἐξηράνθηexēranthē· dry up, wither
Dry up, wither.
- συνάγουσινsynagousin· gather
Gather, bring together.
- πῦρpyr· fire
Fire.
- καίεταιkaietai· burn, light
Light; burn.
- ῥήματάrhēmata· word, saying
Word, something said; also matter, thing.
- θέλητεthelēte· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- αἰτήσασθεaitēsasthe· ask
Ask, ask for.
- γενήσεταιgenēsetai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ἐδοξάσθηedoxasthē· glorify
Glorify: honor, give glory.
- πατήρpatēr· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- ἐμοὶemoi· my, mine
My, mine.
- μαθηταίmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.