Yuēhànfúyīn 15:4

4 Nǐmen yào cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn , wǒ yĕ cháng zaì nǐmen lǐmiàn . zhīzǐ ruò bù cháng zaì pútàoshù shàng , zìjǐ jiù bùnéng jiē guǒzi . nǐmen ruò bù cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn , yĕ shì zhèyàng .

Yuēhànfúyīn 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

John 15:4

Abide in me, and I in you
The former of these is an exhortation to continue in the exercise of faith and love upon Christ, holding to him the head, cleaving to him with full purpose of heart, and so deriving life, grace, strength, and nourishment from him; the latter is a promise encouraging to the former; for as Christ is formed in the hearts of his people, he continues there as the living principle of all grace. And so,

as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the
vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me;
which strongly expresses the necessity of abiding in Christ by fresh repeated acts of faith: and it is easy to observe, that when believers depart from Christ, though it be but partially, and for a time, for they cannot finally and totally depart from him, in what a poor, withered, fruitless condition they are, both in their frames and duties.

Yuēhànfúyīn 15:4 In-Context

2 Fán shǔ wǒ bù jiē guǒzi de zhīzǐ , tā jiù jiǎn qù . fán jiē guǒzi de ,

3 Xiànzaì nǐmen yīn wǒ jiǎng gĕi nǐmen de dào , yǐjing gānjing le .

4 Nǐmen yào cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn , wǒ yĕ cháng zaì nǐmen lǐmiàn . zhīzǐ ruò bù cháng zaì pútàoshù shàng , zìjǐ jiù bùnéng jiē guǒzi . nǐmen ruò bù cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn , yĕ shì zhèyàng .

5 Wǒ shì pútàoshù , nǐmen shì zhīzǐ . cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn de , wǒ yĕ cháng zaì tā lǐmiàn , zhè rén jiù duō jiē guǒzi . yīnwei lí le wǒ , nǐmen jiù bùnéng zuò shénme .

6 Rén ruò bù cháng zaì wǒ lǐmiàn , jiù xiàng zhīzǐ diū zaì waìmiàn kū gān , rén shí qǐlai , rēng zaì huǒ lǐ shāo le .