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New Century Version

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the words I have spoken to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Branch;   Church;   Fellowship;   Grape;   Jesus Continued;   Pruning;   Regeneration;   Righteous;   Vine;   Word of God;   Works;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abiding in Christ;   Bible, the;   Cleansing;   Defilement-Cleansing;   Fellowship-Estrangement;   Nearness to God;   Purification of Heart;   Vine;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Abidance;   Bearing Fruit;   Choosing/chosen;   Cleanness;   Comfort;   Disciples/apostles;   Enemies;   Friendship;   Happiness/joy;   Hate;   Hell;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Love;   Obedience;   Ordination;   Persecution;   Sacrifice;   Sending and Those Sent;   Servants;   Sin;   Truth;   Witness;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Parables;   Scriptures, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Comforter;   Parable;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Grapes;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Love;   Spirituality;   Union with Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Union to Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Blood;   Jesus Christ;   Parable;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Branch;   John, the Gospel of;   Vine;   Wrath, Wrath of God;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Children (Sons) of God;   Ethics;   God;   Holy Spirit;   John, Theology of;   Parable;   Vine, Vineyard;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abiding;   Acceptance;   Allegory;   Body (2);   Brotherhood (2);   Communion (2);   Fall (2);   Happiness;   Husbandman ;   Ideas (Leading);   Immanence ;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Logos;   Mediator;   Mission;   Nature and Natural Phenomena;   Oneness;   Parable;   Personality;   Purity (2);   Redemption (2);   Religious Experience;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sacrifice (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Spirit ;   Unity (2);   Vine, Allegory of the;   Word (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel by;   Vine, Vineyard;   14 Word Words;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fruit;   Pentecost;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Church;   Vine;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Vine,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Clean;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Laver;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Redeemer;   Regeneration;   Salvation;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 16;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 17;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for January 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are already clean
King James Version (1611)
Now ye are cleane through the word which I haue spoken vnto you.
King James Version
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
English Standard Version
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
New American Standard Bible
"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Amplified Bible
"You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Legacy Standard Bible
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Berean Standard Bible
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Contemporary English Version
You are already clean because of what I have said to you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Right now, because of the word which I have spoken to you, you are pruned.
Darby Translation
Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
Easy-to-Read Version
You have already been prepared to produce more fruit by the teaching I have given you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
George Lamsa Translation
You have already been pruned because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Good News Translation
You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.
Lexham English Bible
You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
Literal Translation
You are already pruned because of the Word which I have spoken to you.
American Standard Version
Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
Bible in Basic English
You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
Hebrew Names Version
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
International Standard Version
You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.John 13:10; 17:17; Ephesians 5:26; 1 Peter 1:22;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.
Murdock Translation
Ye henceforth are clean, on account of the discourse I have held with you .
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.
English Revised Version
Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
World English Bible
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now ye are pure thro' the word which I have spoken to you.
Weymouth's New Testament
Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now ye ben clene, for the word that Y haue spokun to you.
Update Bible Version
Already you are clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
New English Translation
You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
New King James Version
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
New Living Translation
You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.
New Life Bible
You are made clean by the words I have spoken to you.
New Revised Standard
You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
Revised Standard Version
You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Now are ye cleane thorow ye wordes which I have spoke vnto you.
Young's Literal Translation
already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now are ye cleane, because of the worde, that I haue spoke vnto you.
Mace New Testament (1729)
you are already clean by the instructions I have given you.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Y'all are pretty good already because of my message that you have believed.

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

John 13:10, John 17:17, Ephesians 5:26, 1 Peter 1:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 19:18 - General Deuteronomy 12:28 - General Psalms 119:9 - by taking Proverbs 15:31 - abideth Mark 1:42 - immediately John 17:6 - they Acts 20:32 - to build Philippians 4:1 - so 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - effectually

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.
Proverbs 13:12
It is sad not to get what you hoped for. But wishes that come true are like eating fruit from the tree of life.
Proverbs 29:21
If you spoil your servants when they are young, they will bring you grief later on.
Proverbs 30:23
a hated woman who gets married, and a maid who replaces her mistress.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male and female slaves, and slaves were also born in my house. I had large herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem had ever had before.
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord , when I bring my case to you, you are always right. But I want to ask you about the justice you give. Why are evil people successful? Why do dishonest people have such easy lives?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.. These words being inserted in the discourse concerning the vine and branches, and the pruning and purging them to make them fruitful, are thought, by the learned Dr. Lightfoot, to be an allusion to the law in Leviticus 19:23; by which the fruit of trees, for the first three years, were accounted uncircumcised or unclean, and in the fourth year fit for use; concerning which the Talmudists have a whole tract, called ערלה, "Orla"; the apostles having enjoyed the ministry of Christ, and been his disciples about such a time. Though the "now" seems to refer to the removal and taking away of that withered and unfruitful branch, Judas. Christ, in John 13:10, had told his disciples, that they "were clean, but not all", because the betrayer was among them; but he being discovered by Christ, and ordered by him to be gone, went out from among them about his wicked design; and now Christ could say of them all, that they were clean: which may be understood of their regeneration and sanctification, in which their hearts were sprinkled with clean water; were washed with the washing of regeneration; had their hearts purified by faith in the blood of Christ, and had pure principles of grace formed in their souls; of all which the Gospel of Christ was the instrumental means: or of their justification by the righteousness of Christ, by which they were justified from all sin; and were all fair, and without spot; which was through the Gospel of Christ revealing his righteousness to them, or through the sentence of justification he, by his Spirit, passed upon their consciences.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now ye are clean - Still keeping up the figure καθαροί katharoi. It does not mean that they were perfect, but that they had been under a process of purifying by his instructions all the time he had been with them. He had removed their erroneous notions of the Messiah; he had gradually reclaimed them from their fond and foolish views respecting earthly honors; he had taught them to be willing to forsake all things; and he had so trained and disciplined them that immediately after his death they would be ready to go and bear fruit among all nations to the honor of his name. In addition to this, Judas had been removed from their number, and they were now all true followers of the Saviour. See the notes at John 13:10.

Through the word - By means of the teachings of Jesus while he had been with them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 15:3. Now ye are clean — καθαροι εστε, Ye are pruned. As our Lord has not changed the metaphor, it would be wrong to change the expression.

Through the word — δια τον λογος, Through that word-that doctrine of holiness which I have incessantly preached unto you, and which ye have received. Perhaps our Lord more immediately refers here to the words which he had spoken concerning Judas, John 13:21-30, in consequence of which Judas went out and finished his bargain with the chief priests; he being gone off, the body of the apostles vas purified; and thus he might say, Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.


 
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