Jean 15:5

5 Je suis le cep, et vous les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi, et en qui je demeure, porte beaucoup de fruit; car sans moi, vous ne pouvez rien faire.

Jean 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 15:5

I am the vine, ye are the branches
Christ here repeats what he said of himself, "the vine", for the sake of the application of "the branches" to his disciples: which expresses their sameness of nature with Christ; their strict and close union to him; and the communication of life and grace, holiness and fruitfulness, of support and strength, and of perseverance in grace and holiness to the end from him:

he that abideth in me, and I in him;
which is the case of all that are once in Christ, and he in them:

the same bringeth forth much fruit;
in the exercise of grace, and performance of good works; and continues to do so as long as he lives, not by virtue of his own free will, power, and strength, but by grace continually received from Christ:

for without me ye can do nothing;
nothing that is spiritually good; no, not anything at all, be it little or great, easy or difficult to be performed; cannot think a good thought, speak a good word, or do a good action; can neither begin one, nor, when it is begun, perfect it. Nothing is to be done "without Christ"; without his Spirit, grace, strength, and presence; or as "separate from" him. Were it possible for the branches that are truly in him, to be removed from him, they could bring forth no fruits of good works, any more than a branch separated from the vine can bring forth grapes; so that all the fruitfulness of a believer is to be ascribed to Christ, and his grace, and not to the free will and power of man.

Jean 15:5 In-Context

3 Vous êtes déjà nets, à cause de la parole que je vous ai annoncée.

4 Demeurez en moi, et moi, je demeurerai en vous. Comme le sarment ne peut porter du fruit de lui-même, s'il ne demeure au cep, vous non plus, si vous ne demeurez en moi.

5 Je suis le cep, et vous les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi, et en qui je demeure, porte beaucoup de fruit; car sans moi, vous ne pouvez rien faire.

6 Si quelqu'un ne demeure pas en moi, il est jeté dehors comme le sarment et il sèche; puis on ramasse les sarments et on les jette au feu, et ils brûlent.

7 Si vous demeurez en moi, et que mes paroles demeurent en vous, vous demanderez tout ce que vous voudrez, et vous l'obtiendrez.