I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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The same threadColossians 1:27
'Christ in you': the union that makes fruitfulness possible.
“to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;”
The same threadGalatians 2:20
'No longer I that live, but Christ living in me': the branch-life he describes.
“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.”
That reaches back to this verse
The same thread (this verse)James 2:17
A branch that abides in the vine bears fruit; genuine faith naturally produces works.
“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”
The same thread (this verse)Galatians 5:22
Abide in the vine and bear fruit: the fruit of the Spirit grows in union with Christ.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,”
The same thread (this verse)Galatians 5:22-23
Fruit grows only on the vine: he who remains in me bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
In contrast to (this verse)Romans 11:17
A graft lives by the vine or not at all: apart from me you can do nothing.
“But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;”