约翰福音 15:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們要住在我裡面，我也就住在你們裡面。枝子若不連在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不住在我裡面，也是這樣。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 们 要 常 在 我 里 面 ， 我 也 常 在 你 们 里 面 。 枝 子 若 不 常 在 葡 萄 树 上 ， 自 己 就 不 能 结 果 子 ； 你 们 若 不 常 在 我 里 面 ， 也 是 这 样 。

Contextual Overview

¹ "I am the true vine; my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. ³ You are already clean because of the words I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit alone but must remain in me. ⁵ "I am the vine, and you are the branches. If any remain in me and I remain in them, they produce much fruit. But without me they can do nothing. ⁶ If any do not remain in me, they are like a branch that is thrown away and then dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them. ⁷ If you remain in me and follow my teachings, you can ask anything you want, and it will be given to you. ⁸ You should produce much fruit and show that you are my followers, which brings glory to my Father.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abide: John 6:68, John 6:69, John 8:31, Song of Solomon 8:5, Luke 8:15, Acts 11:23, Acts 14:22, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Hebrews 10:39, 1 John 2:6, 1 John 2:24-28, 2 John 1:9, Jude 1:20, Jude 1:21

I: John 6:56, John 14:20, John 17:23, Romans 8:9, Romans 8:10, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 1:27

As: Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 27:11, Ezekiel 15:2-5, Hosea 14:8, 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 1:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:34 - General Numbers 35:28 - he should Proverbs 15:31 - abideth Matthew 12:33 - and his fruit good Mark 4:20 - which John 3:21 - that his John 6:53 - Except John 17:26 - and I Romans 11:22 - if thou 1 Corinthians 1:9 - the fellowship 2 Corinthians 12:2 - in Christ Philippians 4:1 - so Philippians 4:13 - can Colossians 2:7 - built Colossians 2:19 - nourishment 1 Thessalonians 3:8 - if 1 Thessalonians 5:21 - hold 1 John 2:27 - ye shall 1 John 3:6 - abideth 1 John 5:18 - keepeth 1 John 5:20 - and we

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her."

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you. The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac.

2 Samuel 7:12
"‘When you die and join your ancestors, I will make one of your sons the next king, and I will set up his kingdom.

2 Samuel 16:11
David also said to Abishai and all his officers, "My own son is trying to kill me! This man is a Benjaminite and has more right to kill me! Leave him alone, and let him curse me because the Lord told him to do this.

2 Chronicles 32:21
Then the Lord sent an angel who killed all the soldiers, leaders, and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king went back to his own country in disgrace. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword.

Galatians 4:28
My brothers and sisters, you are God's children because of his promise, as Isaac was then.

Philemon 1:12
I am sending him back to you, and with him I am sending my own heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Abide in me - Remain united to me by a living faith. Live a life of dependence on me, and obey my doctrines, imitate my example, and constantly exercise faith in me.

And I in you - That is, if you remain attached to me, I will remain with you, and will teach, guide, and comfort you. This he proceeds to illustrate by a reference to the vine. If the branch should be cut off an instant, it would die and be fruitless. As long as it is in the vine, “from the nature of the case,” the parent stock imparts its juices, and furnishes a constant circulation of sap adapted to the growth and fruitfulness of the branch. So our piety, if we should be separate from Christ, or if we cease to feel our union to him and dependence on him, withers and droops. While we are united to him by a living faith, from the nature of the case, strength flows from him to us, and we receive help as we need. Piety then, manifested in good works, in love, and self-denial, is as natural, as easy, as unconstrained. and as lovely as the vine covered with fruitful branches is at once useful and enticing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 15:4. Abide in me — Hold fast faith and a good conscience; and let no trials turn you aside from the truth. And I will abide in you-ye shall receive every help and influence from me that your souls can require, in order to preserve and save them to eternal life.

These two things are absolutely necessary to our salvation:

1. That we continue closely united to Christ by faith and love, and live in and to him.

2. That we continually receive from him the power to do good; for as the branch, however good in itself, cannot bear fruit from itself, through its own juice, which it has already derived from the tree, and can be no longer supported than it continues in union with the parent stock, neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. As the branch partakes of the nature of the tree, is nourished by its juice, and lives by its life, so ye must be made partakers of my Divine nature, be wise in my wisdom, powerful in my might, and pure through my holiness.