John 15:1-10

I Am the True Vine

1 "I am the ¹true vine, and my Father is ²the vinedresser.

2 ³Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ⁴he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ⁵that it may bear more fruit.

3 Already ⁶you are clean ⁷because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 ⁸Abide ⁹in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

5 I am the vine; ¹⁰you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ¹¹bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in me ¹²he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ¹³and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

7 If ¹⁴you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ¹⁵ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 ¹⁶By this my Father is glorified, that you ¹⁷bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

9 ¹⁸As the Father has loved me, ¹⁹so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

10 ²⁰If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ²¹I have kept ²²my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Cross References

• 1. [Jeremiah 2:21]
• 2. [1 Corinthians 3:9]
• 3. ver. 6; Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19; [Romans 11:17; 2 Peter 1:8]
• 4. [Matthew 15:13; Romans 11:22]
• 5. [Matthew 13:12]
• 6. John 13:10
• 7. John 17:17; [ver. 7; Ephesians 5:26]
• 8. ver. 5-7; 1 John 2:6; [Philippians 1:11; Colossians 1:23]; See John 6:56
• 9. See John 3:15
• 10. Romans 6:5
• 11. ver. 16; Colossians 1:6, 10
• 12. See ver. 2
• 13. Matthew 13:40-42; [Ezekiel 15:4]
• 14. See John 8:31
• 15. See John 14:13
• 16. Isaiah 61:3; Matthew 5:16; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Philippians 1:11
• 17. ver. 5
• 18. See John 5:20
• 19. See John 13:34
• 20. [John 14:15, 23]
• 21. John 8:55; John 17:4; Philippians 2:8
• 22. See John 10:18