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John 15:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for γwithout me ye can do nothing.

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or, severed from me.

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Rom. 12:5• ⁵thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other. (Rom. 12:5)

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1 Cor. 10:16• ¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of the Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16)

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1 Cor. 12:12,27• ¹²For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
²⁷Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12,27)

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1 Peter 2:4• ⁴To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious, (1 Peter 2:4)

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John 12:24• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24)

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Prov. 11:30• ³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls. (Prov. 11:30)

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Hos. 4:8• ⁸They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity. (Hos. 4:8)

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Luke 13:6‑9• ⁶And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.
⁷And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
⁸But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
⁹and if it shall bear fruit--but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. (Luke 13:6‑9)

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Rom. 6:22• ²²But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life. (Rom. 6:22)

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Rom. 7:4• ⁴So that, my brethren, *ye* also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (Rom. 7:4)

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2 Cor. 9:10• ¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: (2 Cor. 9:10)

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Gal. 5:22• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (Gal. 5:22)

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Eph. 5:9• ⁹(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,) (Eph. 5:9)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise. (Phil. 1:11)

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Phil. 4:13,17• ¹³I have strength for all things in him that gives me power.
¹⁷Not that I seek gift, but I seek fruit abounding to your account. (Phil. 4:13,17)

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Col. 1:6,10• ⁶which are come to you, as they are in all the world, and are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard them and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:
¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:6,10)

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James 1:17• ¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:17)

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2 Peter 1:2‑18• ²Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
³As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue,
⁴through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
⁵But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
⁸for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
⁹for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
¹¹for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you.
¹²Wherefore I will be careful to put you always in mind of these things, although knowing them and established in the present truth.
¹³But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance,
¹⁴knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily to take place, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;
¹⁵but I will use diligence, that after my departure ye should have also, at any time, in your power to call to mind these things.
¹⁶For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty.
¹⁷For he received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom *I* have found my delight;
¹⁸and this voice *we* heard uttered from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain. (2 Peter 1:2‑18)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

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Acts 4:12• ¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

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John 5:19• ¹⁹Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself save whatever he sees the Father doing: for whatever things *he* does, these things also the Son does in like manner. (John 5:19)

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John 9:33• ³³If this man were not of God he would be able to do nothing. (John 9:33)

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2 Cor. 13:8• ⁸For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. (2 Cor. 13:8)

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Phil. 4:13• ¹³I have strength for all things in him that gives me power. (Phil. 4:13)

• Here the husbandman seeks for fruit; but the instruction given presents entire dependence on the Vine as the means of producing it. (“John 15” by J.N. Darby)

• Christ precedes fruit. It is dependence, practical, habitual nearness of heart to Him, and trust in Him, being attached to Him through dependence on Him. In this way Christ in them would be a constant source of strength and of fruit. (“John 15” by J.N. Darby)

• As surely as He was the Vine, they were the branches. There is, and could be, no failure on His part. It is easy for us to fail in dependence, and to lack confidence in Him. To abide in Him supposes, not merely distrust of ourselves, but cleaving to Him, and counting on Him. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

• It is not the grace which gives eternal life in Him of which the Lord speaks, but throughout these verses the responsibility of the disciples. Hence, as we shall see presently, there is danger of ruin, no less than fruitlessness, where one does not abide in Him. (“John 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

W. Kelly Translation

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I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart froma me ye can do nothing.

WK Translation Notes

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See note to {vi 23447}{/vi}