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Abide[a] in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it is abiding in the grapevine, so neither are you able unless you are abiding in Me. I am the grapevine, you are the branches. The one abiding[b] in Me and I in him— this one bears much fruit. Because apart from Me, you can do nothing. If anyone is not abiding in Me— he was thrown[c] outside like the branch, and was dried-up. And they gather them together, and throw them into the fire. And they are burned.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:4 Or, Remain, Continue, Stay.
  2. John 15:5 abiding in Me and I in him. That is, having a living reciprocal relationship with Jesus.
  3. John 15:6 Jesus sums up the final state of the branch. He is found to be thrown out and dried up, as always with such branches.

Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(B) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(C)

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