John 15:4

Jesus commands the disciples to remain in Him as He remains in them, since no branch bears fruit apart from the vine. Abiding union is essential to spiritual life.

Cross-references · 28

• 1 Jn 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
• Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
• John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• 2 Jn 1:9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
• John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
• John 15:5–7I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
• Phil 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• 1 Jn 2:24–28As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
• John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
• Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
• 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
• Col 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
• Rom 8:9–10You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
• John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Ezek 15:2–5“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
• Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
• Hos 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
• Eph 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• Jude 1:20–21But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
• 2 Cor 12:8–10Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
• Isa 27:10–11For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
• John 6:68–69Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Song 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
• Heb 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• 1 Th 3:5For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

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