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 2:6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
• Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• 2 Jn 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
• John 15:5–7I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
• Phil 1:11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• 1 Jn 2:24–28Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
• John 14:20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
• Luke 8:15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• 2 Cor 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
• Col 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
• Rom 8:9–10But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
• John 17:23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
• Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Ezek 15:2–5Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
• Col 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• Hos 14:8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
• Eph 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Jude 1:20–21But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
• 2 Cor 12:8–10For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• Isa 27:10–11Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
• John 6:68–69Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
• Col 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• Song 8:5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
• Heb 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• 1 Th 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

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