Chapter 15 Christ the true Vine.(1-8)His love to his disciples.(9-17)foretold.(18-25)The Comforter promised. (26,27) Verses 1-8Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root ...
and your joy may be fulfilled." Nor is there a better criterion of our state, and, consequently, of our failure or success in entering into His mind. For if we take up the words of this chapter legally
Q3. (John 15:4-5) What does it mean "to abide"? What is the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints? How do these verses support it? What does abiding have to do with "mutual indwelling," of a "personal relationship"? How well are you abiding?
John 17:9 New International Version 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. Read full chapter John 17:9 in all English translations John 17:15 New International Version 15 My prayer is not that you ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionI in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.New Living TranslationI am in them and you are in me. May they experie...
Verses 1-5The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son of God sent in order to reveal his Father's mind to the world. What the evangelist says of Christ proves that he is God. He asserts...
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial - When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is
Because of the compressed explanations of the Spirit's convicting power in verses 9-11, it is sometimes difficult to arrive at an exact interpretation of them. Here's the sense I make of them: Sin[687]. The Spirit will convict unbelievers of sin -- graciously -- so that they might reco...
John was there and could testify to the death of Jesus. John took Mary to his own home and then returned in time to hear Jesus say, "It is finished!" and bowed His head and give up His spirit (John 19:30). A couple of verses later John writes, "And he who has seen has born...
Verses 15, 16.-The man departed, and toldtheJews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.Therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus,(and sought to slay him),because he was doing these things on the sabbath.The motive of the man may have been one of gratitude, or may have arisen from a ...