John 15:4 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

John 15:4

2 ^aEvery branch in Me that does not bear fruit He¹ takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear ^bmore fruit.

3 ^aYou are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 ^aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much ^afruit; for without Me you can do ^bnothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in Me, ^ahe is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If you abide in Me, and My words ^aabide in you, ^byou will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

8 ^aBy this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; ^bso you will be My disciples.

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DISCOURSE AT THE SUPPER TABLE CONTINUED. (John 15:1-27)

The spiritual oneness of Christ and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness, are here beautifully set forth by a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Isaiah 5:1, etc.).

I am the true vine—of whom the vine of nature is but a shadow.

my Father is the husbandman—the great Proprietor of the vineyard, the Lord of the spiritual kingdom. (It is surely unnecessary to point out the claim to supreme divinity involved in this).

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