John 15:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me {G3756} ye can do nothing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος, ὑμεῖς τὰ κλήματα: Ὁ μένων ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος φέρει καρπὸν πολύν: ὅτι χωρὶς ἐμοῦ οὐ δύνασθε ποιεῖν οὐδέν.

Transliteration

Egō eimi the ampelos, humeis the klēmata: The menōn en emoi, kagō en autō, houtos pherei karpon polun: hoti chōris emou ou dunasthe poiein ouden.

Grammar Details

*Egō eimi*: nominative + present indicative - I am
*ampelos*: nominative, feminine, singular - vine
*humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
*klēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - branches
*menōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - remaining/abiding
*en emoi*: preposition + dative - in me
*kagō*: crasis of *kai* + *egō* - and I
*en autō*: preposition + dative - in him
*houtos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this one
*pherei*: present indicative, active, third person singular - bears/produces
*karpon polun*: accusative + adjective - much fruit
*hoti*: conjunction - because/for
*chōris emou*: preposition + genitive - apart from me
*ou dunasthe*: present indicative, middle, second person plural with negative - you cannot
*poiein*: present infinitive, active - to do/make
*ouden*: pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - nothing

Word Meanings

*ampelos*: vine/grapevine
*klēmata*: branches/shoots/twigs
*menōn*: remaining/abiding/staying/continuing
*pherei*: bears/produces/yields
*polun*: much/many/abundant
*chōris*: apart from/without/separated from

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Col 1:10 : 10 {G4043} {G5209} to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
2 Pet 1:2-9 : 2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue; 4 whereby {G1223} he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust. 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he that {G3361} lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble: 11 for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 12 Wherefore I shall be {G3756} ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you]. 13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me. 15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance. 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: 18 and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
John 15:16 : 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for {G2250} ever. Amen.
Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
Acts 4:12 : 12 And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, {G1722} wherein we must be saved.
John 5:19 : 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do {G3756} nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.
Rom 7:4 : 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
John 9:33 : 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
Luke 13:6-9 : 6 And he spake {G1161} this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit {G1722} thereon, and found none. 7 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? 8 And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till {G3755} I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 and if {G3303} it bear fruit thenceforth, [well]; but if not, {G1519} {G3195} thou shalt cut it down.
2 Cor 13:8 : 8 For we can do {G5100} nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
2 Cor 9:10 : 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and {G5524} bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
Col 1:6 : 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
1 Pet 2:4 : 4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
Eph 5:9 : 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
John 12:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Rom 12:5 : 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and {G2596} severally members one of another.
1 Cor 10:16 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
1 Cor 12:27 : 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and {G1537} severally members thereof.

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John 15:1-4
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3Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
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6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
9Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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16Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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John 14:10-11
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Matt 15:13
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Gen 40:10
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Ps 80:15
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Isa 5:3-5
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3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
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Isa 5:1
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1Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: