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 ...
Key Verses "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener." (John 15:1, NIV) "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:2, NIV) ...
least of all by those who confess Him. It is not the grace which gives eternal life in Him of which the Lord speaks, but throughout these verses the responsibility of the disciples. Hence, as we shall see presently, there is danger of ruin, no less than fruitlessness, ...
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 ...
(9) That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake.--Comp. John 17:12. The quotation is in many ways suggestive. (1) It is not verbally accurate, i.e., St. John, quoting the words of Christ, which he has himself recorded a few verses before, is at no pains to reproduce ...
Verses 15-18As to the order of time and entrance on his work, Christ came after John, but in every other way he was before him. The expression clearly shows that Jesus had existence before he appeared on earth as man. All fulness dwells in him, from which alone fallen sinners have, ...
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...
The Word Became Flesh - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him
" 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 witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe" (v. 35). John was an eye witness to ...
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 ...