Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Herein (en toutw). That is in the vital union and the much fruit bearing. It points here backwards and forwards.
Is glorified (edocasqh). Another gnomic or timeless first aorist passive indicative.
Bear (ferete). Present active subjunctive, "keep on bearing" much fruit.
And so shall ye be (kai genhsesqe). Rather "become." Future middle indicative of ginomai, though B D L read genhsqe (after ina like ferhte). "Become" my disciples (learners) in the fullest sense of rich fruit-bearing according to the text in
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 15:8:
John 4:34
John 4:36
2 Thessalonians 1:12
1 Peter 4:11
1 John 3:6
1 John 4:17
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